The incidence of tuberculosis after a measles outbreak

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Mar 15;46(6):902-4. doi: 10.1086/528856.

Abstract

Among 53,974 cases of measles that occurred during the 2000-2001 outbreak in Korea, the incidence of tuberculosis following measles was 47 cases per 214,949.6 person-years, which was significantly lower than that in the general population (standardized incidence ratio, 0.73; 95% confidence interval, 0.54-0.96). In conclusion, we did not find a positive relationship between measles and tuberculosis.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Notification / statistics & numerical data
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Korea / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Measles / epidemiology*
  • Measles / immunology
  • Middle Aged
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology*