Lessons Learned from an Underreported Mumps Epidemic Among Rohingya Refugees, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Luke Mair; Pryanka Relan; Olly Hamilton; Abdullah Al-Noman; Timothy O'Dempsey

doi:10.1093/trstmh/traa048

Lessons Learned from an Underreported Mumps Epidemic Among Rohingya Refugees, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Luke Mair, Pryanka Relan, Olly Hamilton, Abdullah Al-Noman, Timothy O'Dempsey

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Abstract

Background: In 2018 a large mumps epidemic coincided with an outbreak of diphtheria in refugee camps established in Bangladesh for the Rohingya people. These refugees did not receive a mumps containing vaccine.

Methods: Cases of mumps were reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) during the Rohingya refugee crisis. The authors present amalgamated epidemiological data of a major, previously unreported, mumps epidemic.

Results: In total 19 215 mumps cases across a total of 218 facilities were reported to EWARS during 2018. The attack rate was 2.1% of the whole population. 7 687 (40·0%) of these cases were in children under 5 years old. Mumps was more commonly seen among males than females.

Conclusion: Detailed reporting of outbreaks of all vaccine preventable diseases is essential to ensure appropriate vaccination decisions can be made in future humanitarian crises.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	635-638
Number of pages	4
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	114
Issue number	9
Early online date	23 Jun 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa048
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 23 Jun 2020

Keywords

Diptheria
Mumps
Refugee
Rohingya
Under-reported
Vaccination

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Lessons Learned from an Underreported Mumps Epidemic Among Rohingya Refugees, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

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