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Ongoing outbreak with well over 4,000 measles cases in Italy from January to end August 2017 − what is making elimination so difficult?
- Antonietta Filia1,2 , Antonino Bella1,2 , Martina Del Manso1 , Melissa Baggieri3 , Fabio Magurano3 , Maria Cristina Rota1
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy 2 These authors contributed equally to this article and share first authorship 3 National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, ItalyAntonietta Filiaantonietta.filia iss.it
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Citation style for this article: Filia Antonietta, Bella Antonino, Del Manso Martina, Baggieri Melissa, Magurano Fabio, Rota Maria Cristina. Ongoing outbreak with well over 4,000 measles cases in Italy from January to end August 2017 − what is making elimination so difficult?. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(37):pii=30614. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.37.30614 Received: 06 Sept 2017; Accepted: 14 Sept 2017
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We report an ongoing measles outbreak in Italy, with over 4,400 cases reported in 20 Regions from January to August 2017. Median age was 27 years, 88% of the cases were unvaccinated. The highest incidence was in infants below one year of age and 7% of cases occurred among healthcare workers. Three deaths occurred and two cases of encephalitis were reported. Wide immunity gaps and nosocomial transmission are major challenges to measles elimination in Italy.

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