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Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/dossiers/journal/index.php?dep=37&num=1598647
Google translation from French:
Measles: do not panic but think of the vaccine
Then it was believed virtually disappeared, measles comeback
in the department. Doctors call for vigilance.
Year after year, the number of cases of measles can be counted on the fingers of one hand in Indre-et-Loire. But in a few weeks (since late December), 76 cases were detected after the first ripple in the middle of 2009. Loir-et-Cher and Vienne were also affected, but in smaller numbers.
Of the 76 people who have triggered the disease, 19 have been hospitalized, sometimes for pulmonary complications or monitored. No cases of encephalitis, however, has been detected.
Fifteen patients (at) High School Choiseul
Several schools of Tours and its suburbs have been affected by this epidemic: a school, four high schools, two vocational schools and colleges, mainly in Tours, Joue-les-Tours and Saint-Cyr. "Every time it's one or two cases," says Isabelle Nicoulette, doctor of public health. The exception is the high school Choiseul, Tours-Nord, where there are a dozen patients.
No question, provided, to a quarantine facility: "We are absolutely not in the same situation as influenza A, said Dr. Brigitte Moltrecht, adviser to the inspector of schools.
"Our role now is to call people to be vigilant to prevent its spread. Measles, a highly contagious disease, fatal in rare cases (0.7 cases per 1 000 in Europe), affects about 5,000 people per year due to insufficient coverage. It is therefore strongly advised to get vaccinated and do not forget the reminder for those who have suffered a first injection. An imperfect vaccine will not protect you. We have sent informative letters to parents. "
The disease has also reached the final days of hospital staff who had contact with patients (two nurses in the emergency department). "So we have also alerted the medical work, says Nora Kihal-Flegeau, director of the county Ddass ai. What is important now is to get two messages: all persons born after 1965 should check if they are vaccinated. Furthermore, doctors must notify us of any new cases of measles. "
Jacques Benzakoun
Google translation from French:
Measles: do not panic but think of the vaccine
Then it was believed virtually disappeared, measles comeback
in the department. Doctors call for vigilance.
Year after year, the number of cases of measles can be counted on the fingers of one hand in Indre-et-Loire. But in a few weeks (since late December), 76 cases were detected after the first ripple in the middle of 2009. Loir-et-Cher and Vienne were also affected, but in smaller numbers.
Of the 76 people who have triggered the disease, 19 have been hospitalized, sometimes for pulmonary complications or monitored. No cases of encephalitis, however, has been detected.
Fifteen patients (at) High School Choiseul
Several schools of Tours and its suburbs have been affected by this epidemic: a school, four high schools, two vocational schools and colleges, mainly in Tours, Joue-les-Tours and Saint-Cyr. "Every time it's one or two cases," says Isabelle Nicoulette, doctor of public health. The exception is the high school Choiseul, Tours-Nord, where there are a dozen patients.
No question, provided, to a quarantine facility: "We are absolutely not in the same situation as influenza A, said Dr. Brigitte Moltrecht, adviser to the inspector of schools.
"Our role now is to call people to be vigilant to prevent its spread. Measles, a highly contagious disease, fatal in rare cases (0.7 cases per 1 000 in Europe), affects about 5,000 people per year due to insufficient coverage. It is therefore strongly advised to get vaccinated and do not forget the reminder for those who have suffered a first injection. An imperfect vaccine will not protect you. We have sent informative letters to parents. "
The disease has also reached the final days of hospital staff who had contact with patients (two nurses in the emergency department). "So we have also alerted the medical work, says Nora Kihal-Flegeau, director of the county Ddass ai. What is important now is to get two messages: all persons born after 1965 should check if they are vaccinated. Furthermore, doctors must notify us of any new cases of measles. "
Jacques Benzakoun
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