Monthly measles and rubella monitoring report, February 2018
ECDC reports on routine measles and rubella surveillance data submitted by 30 EU/EEA countries to the European Surveillance System (TESSy) on a monthly basis. This report is based on surveillance data reported to TESSy for 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017. ECDC also monitors European measles outbreaks through epidemic intelligence and publishes the most recent updates monthly in the Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR).
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Measles cases in the EU treble in 2017, outbreaks still ongoing
Measles outbreaks continue to occur in a number of EU/EEA countries, and there is a risk of spread and sustained transmission in areas with susceptible populations.
In 2017, 14 451 measles cases were reported to the European Surveillance System by 30 EU/EEA countries according to ECDC’s monthly measles and rubella monitoring report published today, which provides a short overview on measles data for 2017. This number is over three times the number of cases reported in 2016 (4 643).
According to more recent data published in ECDC’s Communicable Disease Threat Report (CDTR), obtained through epidemic intelligence, the highest number of measles cases to date in the EU since 1 January 2017 were in Romania (10 623), Italy (4 991), Greece (1 463) and Germany (926). This increase was due to a number of outbreaks in EU countries – some of which are still taking place, such as those in France, the UK and Sweden.
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Vaccination coverage for the second dose of measles-containing vaccine by country, 2016, WHO, EU/EEA countries
Vaccination coverage for the second dose of measles-containing vaccine by country, 2016, WHO, EU/EEA countries
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Distribution of measles deaths by country, January 2017–December 2017, EU/EEA countries
Distribution of measles deaths by country, December 2016–November 2017, EU/EEA countries
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Measles notification rate per million population by country, 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017, EU/EEA countries
Measles notification rate per million population by country, 1 December 2016 – 31 November 2017, EU/EEA countries
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Distribution of measles cases by country, December 2017 in EU/EEA countries
Distribution of measles cases by country, November 2017 in EU/EEA countries
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Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017, EU/EEA countries
Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017, EU/EEA countries
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Vaccination coverage for the first dose of rubella-containing vaccine by country, 2015–2016, EU/EEA countries
Vaccination coverage for the first dose of rubella-containing vaccine by country, 2015–2016, EU/EEA countries
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Rubella notification rate per million population by country, 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017, EU/EEA countries
Rubella notification rate per million population by country, 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017, EU/EEA countries
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Distribution of rubella cases by country, December 2017 in EU/EEA countries
Distribution of rubella cases by country, December 2017 in EU/EEA countries
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Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017, EU/EEA countries
Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017, EU/EEA countries
