Ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, December 2016 to March 2017: characteristics and challenges

We describe characteristics of an ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, and difficulties in control measures implementation. As at 12 March 2017, 177 measles cases were notified, of which 50% were 15 years and older, 49% female. Atypical clinical presentation and severe complications, mainl...

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Autores principales: Grammens, Tine, Schirvel, Carole, Leenen, Sylvie, Shodu, Nathalie, Hutse, Veronik, Mendes da Costa, Elise, Sabbe, Martine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28488998
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.17.30524
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author Grammens, Tine
Schirvel, Carole
Leenen, Sylvie
Shodu, Nathalie
Hutse, Veronik
Mendes da Costa, Elise
Sabbe, Martine
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description We describe characteristics of an ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, and difficulties in control measures implementation. As at 12 March 2017, 177 measles cases were notified, of which 50% were 15 years and older, 49% female. Atypical clinical presentation and severe complications, mainly among adults, in combination with late notification, low or unknown vaccination coverage of contacts, infected healthcare workers and increased workload due to contact tracing, are the main concerns for outbreak management.
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spelling pubmed-54348882017-05-30 Ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, December 2016 to March 2017: characteristics and challenges Grammens, Tine Schirvel, Carole Leenen, Sylvie Shodu, Nathalie Hutse, Veronik Mendes da Costa, Elise Sabbe, Martine Euro Surveill Rapid Communication We describe characteristics of an ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, and difficulties in control measures implementation. As at 12 March 2017, 177 measles cases were notified, of which 50% were 15 years and older, 49% female. Atypical clinical presentation and severe complications, mainly among adults, in combination with late notification, low or unknown vaccination coverage of contacts, infected healthcare workers and increased workload due to contact tracing, are the main concerns for outbreak management. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5434888/ /pubmed/28488998 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.17.30524 Text en This article is copyright of The Authors, 2017. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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Ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, December 2016 to March 2017: characteristics and challenges
title Ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, December 2016 to March 2017: characteristics and challenges
title_full Ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, December 2016 to March 2017: characteristics and challenges
title_fullStr Ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, December 2016 to March 2017: characteristics and challenges
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title_short Ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, December 2016 to March 2017: characteristics and challenges
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28488998
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.17.30524
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