Background: In Germany, measles vaccination coverage with two doses is not yet sufficient to prevent regional outbreaks. Among the 16 German federal states, vaccination coverage was lowest in Bavaria with 85% in 2008. From March to mid-April 2008, four neighbouring Bavarian counties reported 55 measles-cases mostly linked to an ongoing measles outbreak in an anthroposophic school in Austria. We investigated this outbreak to guide future public health action. Methods: We applied the German national case-definition for measles and collected data using the national surveillance system and a questionnaire. Measles cases with disease onset a maximum of 18 days apart and spatial contact (e.g. same household, same school) were summed up in ...
Measles are a highly contagious viral disease. Until the discovery of a vaccine, it was one of the m...
In Chapter 2, we described the measles outbreak of 2013/14 that occurred in The Netherlands. The out...
A new strain of measles virus, D4-Hamburg, was imported from London to Hamburg in December 2008 and ...
Background: In Germany, measles vaccination coverage with two doses is not yet sufficient to prevent...
Between April and July 2011 there was an outbreak of measles virus, genotype D4, in Berlin, Germany....
We report on a measles outbreak originating in an anthroposophic community in Austria, 2008. A total...
Between April and July 2011 there was an outbreak of measles virus, genotype D4, in Berlin, Germany....
We report on a measles outbreak originating in an anthroposophic community in Austria, 2008. A total...
Increasing 2-dose vaccination coverage has led to an interruption of endemic measles virus circulati...
Since early January 2010, Berlin has been experiencing a measles outbreak with 62 cases as of 31 Mar...
Objective To determine morbidity and costs related to a large measles outbreak in Germany and to ide...
Objective To determine morbidity and costs related to a large measles outbreak in Germany and to ide...
On 15 March 2010, a case of measles was reported to the District Health Office in Essen. In total 71...
Increasing 2-dose vaccination coverage has led to an interruption of endemic measles virus circulati...
In this report a measles outbreak with a total of 37 patients has been studied in a well vaccinated ...
Measles are a highly contagious viral disease. Until the discovery of a vaccine, it was one of the m...
In Chapter 2, we described the measles outbreak of 2013/14 that occurred in The Netherlands. The out...
A new strain of measles virus, D4-Hamburg, was imported from London to Hamburg in December 2008 and ...
Background: In Germany, measles vaccination coverage with two doses is not yet sufficient to prevent...
Between April and July 2011 there was an outbreak of measles virus, genotype D4, in Berlin, Germany....
We report on a measles outbreak originating in an anthroposophic community in Austria, 2008. A total...
Between April and July 2011 there was an outbreak of measles virus, genotype D4, in Berlin, Germany....
We report on a measles outbreak originating in an anthroposophic community in Austria, 2008. A total...
Increasing 2-dose vaccination coverage has led to an interruption of endemic measles virus circulati...
Since early January 2010, Berlin has been experiencing a measles outbreak with 62 cases as of 31 Mar...
Objective To determine morbidity and costs related to a large measles outbreak in Germany and to ide...
Objective To determine morbidity and costs related to a large measles outbreak in Germany and to ide...
On 15 March 2010, a case of measles was reported to the District Health Office in Essen. In total 71...
Increasing 2-dose vaccination coverage has led to an interruption of endemic measles virus circulati...
In this report a measles outbreak with a total of 37 patients has been studied in a well vaccinated ...
Measles are a highly contagious viral disease. Until the discovery of a vaccine, it was one of the m...
In Chapter 2, we described the measles outbreak of 2013/14 that occurred in The Netherlands. The out...
A new strain of measles virus, D4-Hamburg, was imported from London to Hamburg in December 2008 and ...