Spotlight on measles 2010: Update on the ongoing measles outbreak in France, 2008-2010

I Parent du Châtelet; D Antona; F Freymuth; M Muscat; F Halftermeyer-Zhou; C Maine; D Floret; D Lévy-Bruhl

doi:10.2807/ese.15.36.19656-en

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Spotlight on measles 2010: Update on the ongoing measles outbreak in France, 2008-2010
I Parent du Châtelet¹ , D Antona¹ , F Freymuth² , M Muscat³ , F Halftermeyer-Zhou¹ , C Maine¹ , D Floret⁴ , D Lévy-Bruhl¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance), Saint-Maurice, France ² National Reference Centre for Measles, Caen, France ³ EUVAC.NET hub, Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark ⁴ Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, French working group on measles and congenital rubella elimination, Lyon, France

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Citation style for this article: Parent du Châtelet I, Antona D, Freymuth F, Muscat M, Halftermeyer-Zhou F, Maine C, Floret D, Lévy-Bruhl D. Spotlight on measles 2010: Update on the ongoing measles outbreak in France, 2008-2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(36):pii=19656. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.36.19656-en Received: 30 Aug 2010

Abstract

Since early 2008, France has been experiencing a measles outbreak with almost 5,000 notified cases as of 30 June 2010, including three measles-related deaths. The proportion of cases 20 years or older reached 38% during the first half of 2010. This situation is the consequence of insufficient vaccine coverage (90% at age 24 months in 2007) that led to the accumulation of susceptibles over the last years. It underlines the need for additional measures targeting susceptible children and young adults.