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Euro Surveill. Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak in the Provence-Alpes-C?te d?Azur region, France, January to November 2010 - substantial un

Giuseppe

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Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak in the Provence-Alpes-C?te d?Azur region, France, January to November 2010 - substantial underreporting of cases (Abstract, edited)


[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]

Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 50, 16 December 2010

Rapid communications

Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak in the Provence-Alpes-C?te d?Azur region, France, January to November 2010 - substantial underreporting of cases

C Six 1, J Blanes de Canecaude 2, J L Duponchel 2, E Lafont 2, A Decoppet 2, M Travanut 2, J M Pingeon 2, L Coulon 2, F Peloux-Petiot 2, P Grenier-Tisserant 2, J C Delarozi?re 3, F Charlet 2, P Malfait 1

1. Regional Office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Sud), Marseilles, France
2. Regional Health Agency (Agence r?gionale de sant?, ARS) of Provence-Alpes-C?te d?Azur, Marseille, Avignon, Digne-les-Bains, Gap, Nice, Toulon, France
3. Interregional infection control coordinating centre (CClin), Marseilles, France

Citation style for this article: Six C, Blanes de Canecaude J, Duponchel JL, Lafont E, Decoppet A, Travanut M, Pingeon JM, Coulon L, Peloux-Petiot F, Grenier-Tisserant P, Delarozi?re JC, Charlet F, Malfait P. Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak in the Provence-Alpes-C?te d?Azur region, France, January to November 2010 - substantial underreporting of cases. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(50):pii=19754. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19754

Date of submission: 14 December 2010


In 2010, the Provence-Alpes-C?te d?Azur region in France has been experiencing a measles outbreak with at least 310 cases among the general population, which included 28 cases among healthcare workers (9% of all reported cases). There is, however, substantial underreporting in the notification systems of cases in both populations.

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