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Euro Surveill. An ongoing large outbreak of measles in Merseyside, England, January to June 2012

Giuseppe

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

Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 29, 19 July 2012

Rapid communications

An ongoing large outbreak of measles in Merseyside, England, January to June 2012


R Vivancos ()<SUP>1</SUP>, A Keenan<SUP>1</SUP>, S Farmer<SUP>1</SUP>, J Atkinson<SUP>1</SUP>, E Coffey<SUP>2</SUP>, E Dardamissis<SUP>1</SUP>, J Dillon<SUP>2</SUP>, R J Drew<SUP>3</SUP>, M Fallon<SUP>1</SUP>, R Huyton<SUP>1</SUP>, R Jarvis<SUP>1</SUP>, G Marsh<SUP>1</SUP>, R Mason<SUP>4</SUP>, T Shryane<SUP>1</SUP>, A Stewart<SUP>1</SUP>, S Ghebrehewet<SUP>1</SUP>
  1. Cheshire & Merseyside Health Protection Unit, Health Protection Agency, Rail House, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  2. Liverpool Primary Care Trust, Art House, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  3. Alder Hey Children?s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  4. NHS Halton & St Helens, Health Care Resource Centre, Oaks Place, Widnes, United Kingdom
<HR>
Citation style for this article: Vivancos R, Keenan A, Farmer S, Atkinson J, Coffey E, Dardamissis E, Dillon J, Drew RJ, Fallon M, Huyton R, Jarvis R, Marsh G, Mason R, Shryane T, Stewart A, Ghebrehewet S. An ongoing large outbreak of measles in Merseyside, England, January to June 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(29):pii=20226. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20226
Date of submission: 13 July 2012
<HR>From 1 January to 30 June 2012, 359 confirmed and 157 probable cases of measles were reported in Merseyside, England. The most affected age groups were children under five years and young adults from 15 years of age. Most cases have been sporadic. There have been few outbreaks in nurseries; however, no outbreaks have been reported in schools. Of the cases eligible for vaccination, only 3% of the confirmed cases were fully immunised.
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