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Different measles outbreaks in Belgium, January to June 2016 – a challenge for public health
- Tine Grammens1,2 , Virginie Maes1,2 , Veronik Hutse3 , Valeska Laisnez4 , Carole Schirvel5 , Jean Marie Trémérie6 , Martine Sabbe1
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Service of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Department of Public Health and Surveillance, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium 2 These authors contributed equally to this article and share first authorship 3 National Reference Centre for measles, mumps and rubella, Service of Viral Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium 4 Infectious Disease Control and Vaccination, Flemish Agency for Care and Health, Brussels, Belgium 5 Infectious Disease Surveillance Unit, Agence pour une Vie de Qualité (AVIQ), Région Wallonne, Charleroi, Belgium 6 Health Inspection (Service de l'Inspection de l'Hygiène de la Commission communautaire commune), Brussels, BelgiumTine Grammenstine.grammens wiv-isp.be
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Citation style for this article: Grammens Tine, Maes Virginie, Hutse Veronik, Laisnez Valeska, Schirvel Carole, Trémérie Jean Marie, Sabbe Martine. Different measles outbreaks in Belgium, January to June 2016 – a challenge for public health. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(32):pii=30313. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.32.30313 Received: 18 Jul 2016
Abstract
During the first half of 2016, several outbreaks of measles were reported in the three regions of Belgium. Main challenges for public health were severe complications occurring in adults, nosocomial transmission and infection in healthcare workers. Here, we describe those outbreaks and lessons learnt for public health.
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