Epidemiology of measles and its complications in Italy. Personal experience with a hospital case load
Verrotti, A.; Chiarelli, F.; Ricci, F.; Tentarelli, R.; Santoro, R.; Grandolfo, M.E.
La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica Medical and Surgical Pediatrics 8(2): 209-213
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-5387 PMID: 3786182 Document Number: 275401
The authors relate and comment on the results of admission for measles in the Hospitals of Chieti and Pescara, in the period between 1974 and 1983. The authors have studied the number of admissions and their duration; moreover, they have evaluated the relationship with the pediatric population of the considered area. They point out the importance of the complications of measles to determine the admission's length to Hospital.