Monthly measles and rubella monitoring report, September 2018
This monitoring report is based on measles and rubella data from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) for the period 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2018.
All 30 countries reported measles data for July 2018, with a total of 758 cases reported by 21 countries and nine countries reporting zero cases.
The increase previously observed in Slovakia continued with 257 cases reported, compared with 72 and 18 cases in June and May 2018, respectively. Measles outbreaks are also ongoing in other EU/EEA countries.
Italy, France, United Kingdom, Germany and Greece continued to report high case counts but with a decreasing trend.
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Drop in EU/EEA measles cases between March and July 2018
During the month of July, a total of 758 cases of measles were reported across seventeen countries in the EU/EEA, which is a decrease from the 1054 cases reported during the month of June.
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Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
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Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, July 2018
Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, July 2018
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Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
Number of measles cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
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Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018 (n=37)
Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018 (n=37)
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Number of rubella cases by country, EU/EEA, July 2018 (n=53)
Number of rubella cases by country, EU/EEA, July 2018 (n=53)
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Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
Number of rubella cases by month and notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
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Rubella notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
Rubella notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
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Vaccination coverage for the first doses of measles and rubella containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
Vaccination coverage for the first doses of measles and rubella containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
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Vaccination coverage for the second dose of measles-containing vaccine, EU/EEA, 2017
Vaccination coverage for the second dose of measles-containing vaccine, EU/EEA, 2017
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Vaccination coverage for the first dose of rubella-containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
Vaccination coverage for the first dose of rubella-containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
