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Euro Surveill. Ongoing outbreak of measles in Oslo, Norway, January?February 2011

Giuseppe

Emeritus
Ongoing outbreak of measles in Oslo, Norway, January?February 2011 (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)


[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19804">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]

Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 8, 24 February 2011

Rapid communications

Ongoing outbreak of measles in Oslo, Norway, January?February 2011

K Vainio 1, K R?nning 2, T W Steen 3, T M Arnesen 4, G ?nestad 1, S Dudman 1

1. Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Department of Virology, Oslo, Norway
2. Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Oslo, Norway
3. Health and Welfare Authority, City of Oslo, Norway
4. District of old Oslo, City of Oslo, Norway

Citation style for this article: Vainio K, R?nning K, Steen TW, Arnesen TM, ?nestad G, Dudman S. Ongoing outbreak of measles in Oslo, Norway, January?February 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(8):pii=19804. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19804

Date of submission: 18 February 2011


Between 19 January and 17 February 2011, 10 cases of measles (eight laboratory-confirmed and two probable) were reported in Oslo with the majority of cases in a mainly unvaccinated immigrant community. Of these, two cases were identified outside the immigrant community, in Norwegian children.

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