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Prevalence of Chickenpox under Ten Years during the Last Five Years in Hilla City
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RASHA FADHEL OBAID, RANA FADHIL OBAID, MOHAMMED MALIH RADHI, NADA KHAZAL KADHIM, SHATHA KHAZAL KADHIM
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Chickenpox is an infection transmitted by the respiratory tract, causing itching and rash with small blisters filled with fluids. It also easily moves from one person to another and may cause pneumonia, brain infection, dehydration and sepsis. The study aim: to assess the prevalence of chickenpox and associated with age and gender among under 10 years. A descriptive study design is conducted retrospectively for the last 5 years ago in Hilla City. By a convenience sample of (N=156) was collected five years from (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018) and was for all years for children diagnosed with chickenpox. As a medical records of statistic considered a study tools. Through the used descriptive and inferential statistic, data were analyzed. The study findings depicts that the years of 2017 were records the highest percentage among years. The most of infection were target the age groups (5-9) years, As well as, there is a non significant association between the time of prevalence and infected patients their age and gender at p-value >0.05. There is an inter-annual response to the infection and there were longer the age the increasing the infection for males gender more than females. Its need to be conducted further studies in a national level to assess the associated factors with chickenpox infection in different areas of country (rural-urban).
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Prevalence, Chickenpox, Under Ten Years.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.279
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