Reduction in Short-term Outpatient Consultations After a Campaign With Measles Vaccine in Children Aged 9-59 Months: Substudy Within a Cluster-Randomized Trial
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BACKGROUND: We assessed a measles vaccination campaign's potential short-term adverse events. METHODS: In a cluster-randomized trial assessing a measles vaccination campaign's effect on all-cause mortality and hospital admission among children aged 9-59 months in Guinea-Bissau, children received a measles vaccination (intervention) or a health check-up (control). One month to 2 months later, we visited a subgroup of children to ask mothers/guardians about outpatient consultations since enrollment. In log-binomial models, we estimated the relative risk (RR) of nonaccidental outpatient consultations. RESULTS: Among 8319 children (4437 intervention/3882 control), 652 nonaccidental outpatient consultations occurred (322 intervention/330 control). The measles vaccination campaign tended to reduce nonaccidental outpatient consultations by 16% (RR, 0.84 [95% confidence interval {CI}, .65-1.11]), especially if caused by respiratory symptoms (RR, 0.68 [95% CI, .42-1.11]). The reduction tended to be larger in children who prior to trial enrollment had a pentavalent vaccination (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type b) as the most recent vaccination (RR, 0.61 [95% CI, .42-.89]) than in children who prior to trial enrollment had a routine measles vaccination as the most recent vaccination (RR, 0.93 [95% CI, .68-1.26]) (P = .04 for interaction). CONCLUSIONS: In the short term, a measles vaccination campaign seems not to increase nonaccidental outpatient consultations but may reduce them. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT03460002.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 535-543 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 2048-7193 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
- adverse events, beneficial nonspecific-effects, campaign, children, measles vaccine
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