Elevated expansion of follicular helper T cells in peripheral blood from children with acute measles infection

BMC Immunology

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of children with acute MeV infection

Clinical characteristics	MeV	HC
Number	42	20
Age (years)	3.6 ± 1.2	3.5 ± 1.1
Sex (M/F)	23/19	11/9
Maculopapular rash	42 (100%)	N
Fever	42 (100%)	N
Cough	35 (83.3%)	N
Conjunctivitis	23 (54.8%)	N
Koplik spots	19 (45.2%)	N
Chronic bronchitis	10 (23.8%)	N
Viral RNA of MeV	Positive	Negative
IgM (negative/positive)	9/33	0/0
IgG (negative/positive)	16/26	2/18
Time of the last booster vaccination	18 ~ 24 Mon^a	18 ~ 24 Mon

Note: M/F Male/female, HC Healthy controls, MeV Measles virus, N Normal, Mon Month. ^a, 3 of 42 cases were unvaccinated in the study. In China, two doses of routine vaccination of measles were performed, the age of children was 8 months for the first dose, and the last booster vaccination was 18 ~ 24 months

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