| { |
| "title": "Open Syndrome Measles", |
| "description": "Case definition for measles", |
| "scope": "broad", |
| "category": "suspected", |
| "version": "1.0.0", |
| "open_syndrome_version": "1.0.0", |
| "published_in": "https://opensyndrome.org", |
| "published_at": "2025-02-26T18:17:45Z", |
| "published_by": [ |
| "Open Syndrome Initiative" |
| ], |
| "location": "Ethiopia", |
| "language": "English", |
| "organization": "WHO Africa", |
| "authors": [ |
| "Mekonen Getahun", |
| "Berhane Beyene", |
| "Ayesheshem Ademe", |
| "Birke Teshome", |
| "Mesfin Tefera", |
| "Anjelo Asha", |
| "Aklog Afework", |
| "Yoseph HaileMariyam", |
| "Esete Assefa", |
| "Kathleen Gallagher" |
| ], |
| "inclusion_criteria": [ |
| { |
| "type": "criterion", |
| "name": "Symptoms or professional judgement", |
| "logical_operator": "OR", |
| "values": [ |
| { |
| "type": "criterion", |
| "name": "Measles symptoms", |
| "logical_operator": "AND", |
| "values": [ |
| { |
| "type": "symptom", |
| "name": "Generalized maculopapular rash" |
| }, |
| { |
| "type": "symptom", |
| "name": "Fever" |
| }, |
| { |
| "type": "criterion", |
| "logical_operator": "AT_LEAST", |
| "logical_operator_arguments": [ |
| 1 |
| ], |
| "values": [ |
| { |
| "type": "symptom", |
| "name": "cough" |
| }, |
| { |
| "type": "symptom", |
| "name": "coryza" |
| }, |
| { |
| "type": "symptom", |
| "name": "conjunctivitis" |
| } |
| ] |
| } |
| ] |
| }, |
| { |
| "type": "professional_judgment", |
| "name": "any person in whom a clinician suspects measles" |
| } |
| ] |
| } |
| ], |
| "references": [ |
| { |
| "citation": "Getahun, M., Beyene, B., Ademe, A. et al. Epidemiology of laboratory confirmed measles virus cases in Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia, 2004–2014. BMC Infect Dis 16, 133 (2016).", |
| "url": "https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1457-7" |
| } |
| ], |
| "status": "draft", |
| "human_readable_definition": "National guidelines for measles surveillance are based on\nthe WHO/-AFRO Measles and Rubella Surveillance guide-\nline, and define a suspected measles case as any person\nwith a generalized maculopapular rash and fever plus one or\nmore of the following: 1) cough, 2) coryza), or 3) conjunc-\ntivitis OR any person in whom a clinician suspects measles.", |
| "target_public_health_threats": [ |
| "Measles" |
| ], |
| "keywords": [ |
| "Measles", |
| "Africa" |
| ], |
| "definition_type": "case_definition" |
| } |
|
|
