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Monthly measles and rubella monitoring report, December 2018

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Publication series: Monthly measles and rubella monitoring report
Time period covered: 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Monthly measles and rubella monitoring report,
December 2018. Stockholm: ECDC; 2018.
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This monitoring report is based on measles and rubella data from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) for the period 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018.

Executive Summary

Twenty-nine countries reported measles data for October 2018, with 279 cases reported by 15 countries and 14 countries reporting no cases. Latvia did not report measles data for October 2018 (Figure 1).

Overall, case numbers changed little compared with the previous month. Italy, France and Romania had the highest case counts with 75, 68 and 54 cases respectively (Table 1).

The largest decreases were reported in Slovakia and Germany.

  • Slovakia reported 16 cases in October, compared with 28 in September and 87 cases in August.
  • Germany reported 13 cases in October, compared with 25 in September and 29 cases in August

The largest increases were reported in France and Italy.

  • France reported 68 cases in October, compared with 37 in September and 29 cases in August.
  • Italy reported 75 cases in October, compared with 49 in September and 69 cases in August.

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