Turkey: 2013 Measles cases- rising - travel notice issued by CDC

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Tuesday,September 24 2013
Cause of dramatic rise in Turkish cases of measles in question
The health minister says immigartion movements stirred the ascend of measles cases in Turkey, but another official says Europe is the source of virus


Turkey has witnessed a 20-fold increase in measles cases this year, particularly in its southern provinces, which have seen the arrival of a substantial number of Syrian migrants.

According to the latest data announced by the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Central Council, the number of recorded measles patients in Turkey, which was 349 in 2012, approached 6,000 in the first six months of the year.

Turkish Health Minister Mehmet M?ezzinoğlu attributed the cause of the remarkable jump in measles cases to ?the mass movement of people that Turkey is exposed to given its location,? answering a petition filed by the independent Istanbul deputy Levent T?zel on Sept. 23...

 

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Measles case numbers alarming in Turkey amid enhanced polio fight
B?lent Sarıoğlu ANKARA - H?rriyet


A Turkish health official gives drops of oral vaccine to a Syrian baby against polio in southeastern province of Gaziantep, neighboring Syria. DHA photo
Health officials have vaccinated 1.1 million children against polio in a bid to prevent the spread of the contagious virus that broke out in Syria, but measles cases are soaring to alarming levels, according to figures provided by Health Minister Mehmet M?ezzinoğlu...

...M?ezzinoğlu also admitted that the numbers of measles cases, which had been reduced down to just four, had jumped to an annual average of 1,040.

?In 2001, the number of measles cases was 31,000. Due to the vaccination program carried out between 2003 and 2005, the numbers were reduced down to just four,? he said, also claiming that the current boom had been brought under control and lowered to fewer than 20 cases per week...

 

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Measles in Turkey
Watch - Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions

Updated: December 13, 2013
What is the Current Situation?

As of 10 September 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 6,983 confirmed measles cases in Turkey during 2013, up from approximately 700 reported cases in all of 2012. Many cases have occurred in the southern provinces of the country. The Turkish Ministry of Health is working to address the outbreak...