The relevance of the study of the incidence of measles among vaccinated and unvaccinated people in the territory of the group of family doctors, Family Medicine Center of the city of Jalal-Abad for 2024

The article contains an epidemiological analysis of the incidence of measles among children in the city of Jalal-Abad. In 2024, the seasonality of incidence was characterized by the winter-spring period. The highest incidence rate was observed in January - 75 cases (0.6 cases per 1000 population). In February, the city also had a fairly high incidence rate - 43 cases (0.3 cases per 1000 population), and in subsequent months (from March to July) the incidence rate decreased significantly (from 0.04 to 0.01 cases per 1000 population). A high proportion of measles incidence occurs in children under 14 years of age (83%), of which the proportion of children under one year of age was - 82.3%, in adolescence it was - 1.5% and in persons over 18 years of age - 15.5%. Distribution of measles incidence among contingents, the largest share was among unorganized children - 55.8% of the total number of cases. Distribution of measles incidence among contingents, the largest share was among unorganized children - 55.8% of the total number of cases. In second place are schoolchildren - 16.1% and children attending kindergartens - 12.5% of the total number of cases. Vaccinated children in the city make up a minority of the sick - 10.3%, unvaccinated children against measles - the majority of those sick with measles - 89.7%, of whom were not vaccinated against measles: for those under one year of age - 39.3%, refusal of preventive vaccination was 43.4%, data on vaccinations remains unknown - 12.3% of children and children with medical exemptions - 4.9%. There are 136 patients with measles infection in the outbreak, 681 contacts are registered, of the contacts - 30 people fell ill, which amounted to the focal - 4.4% of the total number.