Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance.org, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19656">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 36, 09 September 2010
Rapid communications
Spotlight on measles 2010: Update on the ongoing measles outbreak in France, 2008-2010
I Parent du Ch?telet 1, D Antona 1, F Freymuth 2, M Muscat 3, F Halftermeyer-Zhou 1, C Maine 1, D Floret 4, D L?vy-Bruhl 1
1. Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance), Saint-Maurice, France
2. National Reference Centre for Measles, Caen, France
3. EUVAC.NET hub, Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
4. Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, French working group on measles and congenital rubella elimination, Lyon, France
Citation style for this article: Parent du Ch?telet I, Antona D, Freymuth F, Muscat M, Halftermeyer-Zhou F, Maine C, Floret D, L?vy-Bruhl D. Spotlight on measles 2010: Update on the ongoing measles outbreak in France, 2008-2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(36)
ii=19656. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19656
Date of submission: 30 August 2010
Since early 2008, France has been experiencing a measles outbreak with almost 5,000 notified cases as of 30 June 2010, including three measles-related deaths. The proportion of cases 20 years or older reached 38% during the first half of 2010. This situation is the consequence of insufficient vaccine coverage (90% at age 24 months in 2007) that led to the accumulation of susceptibles over the last years. It underlines the need for additional measures targeting susceptible children and young adults.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 36, 09 September 2010
Rapid communications
Spotlight on measles 2010: Update on the ongoing measles outbreak in France, 2008-2010
I Parent du Ch?telet 1, D Antona 1, F Freymuth 2, M Muscat 3, F Halftermeyer-Zhou 1, C Maine 1, D Floret 4, D L?vy-Bruhl 1
1. Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance), Saint-Maurice, France
2. National Reference Centre for Measles, Caen, France
3. EUVAC.NET hub, Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
4. Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, French working group on measles and congenital rubella elimination, Lyon, France
Citation style for this article: Parent du Ch?telet I, Antona D, Freymuth F, Muscat M, Halftermeyer-Zhou F, Maine C, Floret D, L?vy-Bruhl D. Spotlight on measles 2010: Update on the ongoing measles outbreak in France, 2008-2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(36)
ii=19656. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19656Date of submission: 30 August 2010
Since early 2008, France has been experiencing a measles outbreak with almost 5,000 notified cases as of 30 June 2010, including three measles-related deaths. The proportion of cases 20 years or older reached 38% during the first half of 2010. This situation is the consequence of insufficient vaccine coverage (90% at age 24 months in 2007) that led to the accumulation of susceptibles over the last years. It underlines the need for additional measures targeting susceptible children and young adults.
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