Specifically Increased Rate of Infections in Children Post Measles in a High Resource Setting

• Main Authors: Daniel Bühl (Author), Olga Staudacher (Author), Sabine Santibanez (Author), Rainer Rossi (Author), Hermann Girschick (Author), Volker Stephan (Author), Beatrix Schmidt (Author), Patrick Hundsdoerfer (Author), Arpad von Moers (Author), Michael Lange (Author), Michael Barker (Author), Marcus A. Mall (Author), Ulrich Heininger (Author), Dorothea Matysiak-Klose (Author), Annette Mankertz (Author), Horst von Bernuth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectivesPost-measles increased susceptibility to subsequent infections seems particularly relevant in low-resource settings. We tested the hypothesis that measles causes a specifically increased rate of infections in children, also in a high-resource setting.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective coh...