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Arch Dermatol. 1989;125(12):1617.

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BETWEEN DECEMBER 1, 1988, and May 14, 1989, 19,080 measles cases in residents of Hungary were reported to Hungary's National Institute of Hygiene; in the previous 3 years, fewer than 25 cases were reported annually.¹ The overall incidence rate in this epidemic was 186 cases per 100,000 population. Budapest and all 19 counties in Hungary were affected, with county-specific attack rates ranging from 51 to 358 cases per 100,000 population. Six measles-associated deaths occurred (case-fatality rate: 0.03%).

Age data were available for 11,475 reported case-patients. Seventy-five percent of patients were 16-22 years of age. The highest age-specific attack rates (1723 and 1273 per 100,000) occurred in 17- and 18-year-olds, respectively. Attack rates for persons 2-15 years of age ranged from 35 to 165 per 100,000. The attack rate for infants less than 1 year of age was 351 per 100,000.

Preliminary information on vaccine status indicates that an estimated . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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