All issues > Volume 28(1); 1985

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1985;28(1):40-44. Published online January 31, 1985.

Evaluation of Epidemic Encephalitis Vaccine.

Kap Seoung Kim, Yeo Joong Kim, Tai Ju Kwang, Chull Sohn

¹Department of Pediatrics,Chonnam University, Medical School, Kwangju,Korea

Abstract

To evaluate the effect of Epidemic Encephalitis vaccine, the authors compared vaccinated group with non-vaccinated group at the point of morbidity, sequelae and mortality in Cho- nnam area, 1982. 551,660 children(43.4%) out of the total 1,270,669 children who aged 3 to 15 year old were vaccinated, and vaccinated history was confirmed 179 only out of the total 647 Epide- mic Encephalitis patients. The results were summaried as follows; 1) The number of Epidemic Encephalitis patients was 647 out of the total 1,270,669 chil- dren, so morbidity rate was 51 per 100,005 population. 2) Morbidity rate between the vaccinated group and the non-vaccinated group was stati- stically not significant(p=056). 3) Sequelae were more common in the non-vaccinated group(p<. 05), but mortality rate between the vaccinated group and the non-vaccinated group was statistically not significant (P>.05).

Keywords :Encephalitis vaccine;Morbidity rate;Mortality rate;Sequelae