PexelsNow in Serbia, the number of people immunized against smallpox is small, so there will surely be a greater number of people suffering from this disease. Complications from this disease include pneumonia, immunological problems that later lead to more severe illness from other infections, neurological disorders, blindness, inflammation of the brain.
In Serbia, the number of people immunized against smallpox is small, so there will surely be a greater number of people suffering from this disease. The most vulnerable are children under the age of five. An epidemic has already been declared in Smederevo, and the "Batut" Institute has tightened surveillance measures.
Professor Ana Banko, a virologist at the Institute of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade, told RTS that only the smallpox virus was eliminated in Serbia "thanks to a successful immunization program, and all the others, until the moment they exist in the smallest corner of the human population, will find their way then when we allow him to".
"This means that an infected person with smallpox can transmit the infectious disease to as many as 12 to 18 people in their environment, that is, to nine out of ten non-immunized people." That is why it is necessary to cover vaccination and immunization for collective immunity over 95 percent, and we are many years behind that," said the professor.
Between 2000 and 2017, immunization at the global level was good, and thanks to that, "more than 21 million children's lives were saved" during that period, Professor Banko stated.
She added that vaccination coverage after 2017, and especially during the coronavirus pandemic, dropped significantly in a large number of countries and in Serbia, so the epidemic that started in our country was something that was expected.
"We will certainly have more cases, because the number of immunized is small. I would only emphasize here that the most vulnerable are children up to the age of five, and above all, I will underline here that there are children who cannot be vaccinated due to primary diseases and children who, due to their age, have not yet reached the immunization program and they are essential the most vulnerable", explained Ana Banko.
Complications from measles can occur in both children and adults.
"Complications can be more frequent than with other diseases in childhood. They include pneumonia, i.e. pneumonia, ear inflammation, immunodeficiencies, i.e. problems with immunity that later lead to more severe illness from other infections, neurological disorders, blindness, finally inflammation of the brain and what occurs differently than in other infections, the so-called late a complication, that is, after an average of seven years, inflammation of the brain can occur, a progressive disease with serious consequences and a potentially fatal outcome," said Ana Banko.
She cited an example from Shanghai in 2015 when a child with measles was unknowingly admitted to a pediatric oncology ward and all 23 children were infected, fifty percent had severe complications, and one in five children died.
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