A national measles epidemic in Switzerland in 1997 : consequences for the elimination of measles by the year 2007

W J Paget; H Zimmermann; H Vorkauf; The Sentinella Working Group

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A national measles epidemic in Switzerland in 1997 : consequences for the elimination of measles by the year 2007
W J Paget¹ , H Zimmermann² , H Vorkauf³ , The Sentinella Working Group⁴
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Affiliations: ¹ Section of Viral Diseases and Sentinel Systems ² Section of Immunisation Programmes ³ Section of Notifications ⁴ Federal office of Public Health, Division of Epidemioloy and Infectious Diseases, Bern, Switzerland

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Citation style for this article: Paget W J, Zimmermann H, Vorkauf H, The Sentinella Working Group. A national measles epidemic in Switzerland in 1997 : consequences for the elimination of measles by the year 2007. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(2):pii=25. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.02.00025-en

Abstract

Clinical cases of measles have been reported to the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network (Sentinella) since June 1986 and measles infections have been monitored by the national laboratory notification system since January 1988. These two surveillance syste