Table 4 Surveillance indicators for laboratory-confirmed measles and non-measles cases
From: Measles incidence in South Africa: a six-year review, 2015—2020
Status | Confirmed measles cases (standard definition) (n = 401) | % | Confirmed measles cases (narrow case definition) (n = 285) | % | non-measles (22,177) | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measles vaccination | Too young < 6 m | 14 | 3.5 | 7 | 2.5 | 713 | 3.2 |
Unknown | 269 | 67.1 | 219 | 76.8 | 13,887 | 62.6 | |
Yes | 104 | 25.9 | 45 | 15.8 | 7,327 | 33.0 | |
No | 14 | 3.5 | 14 | 4.9 | 250 | 1.1 | |
Measles vaccine doses | 1 | 24 | 23.1 | 19 | 42.2 | 726 | 9.9 |
2 or more | 52 | 50.0 | 20 | 44.4 | 4,628 | 63.2 | |
Unknown | 28 | 26.9 | 6 | 13.3 | 1,972 | 26.9 | |
Case investigation form | 192 | 47.9 | 118 | 41.4 | 10,853 | 48.9 | |
Epidemiological number | 204 | 50.9 | 124 | 43.5 | 11,343 | 51.1 | |
Case investigation form and epidemiological number | 141 | 35.2 | 84 | 29.5 | 7,444 | 33.6 |