Spotlight on measles 2010: An ongoing measles outbreak in the district of Neamt, Romania, August –September 2010

A Stanescu; M Muscat; A Romaniuc; R Pipirigeanu; E Lupulescu; G Necula; M Lazar; G Molnar; A Pistol

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Spotlight on measles 2010: An ongoing measles outbreak in the district of Neamt, Romania, August –September 2010
A Stanescu^1,2 , M Muscat^2,3 , A Romaniuc⁴ , R Pipirigeanu⁵ , E Lupulescu⁶ , G Necula⁶ , M Lazar⁶ , G Molnar⁷ , A Pistol¹
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Affiliations: ¹ National Institute of Public Health, National Centre for Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control, Bucharest, Romania ² These authors contributed equally to this work ³ EUVAC.NET hub, Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark ⁴ National Institute of Public Health, Regional Centre of Public Health – Iasi, Romania ⁵ Public Health Authority of the district of Neamt, Romania ⁶ National Institute of Research and Development for Microbiology and Immunology ’Cantacuzino’ – National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, Bucharest, Romania ⁷ Ministry of Health, Bucharest, Romania

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Citation style for this article: Stanescu A, Muscat M, Romaniuc A, Pipirigeanu R, Lupulescu E, Necula G, Lazar M, Molnar G, Pistol A. Spotlight on measles 2010: An ongoing measles outbreak in the district of Neamt, Romania, August –September 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(40):pii=19682. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.40.19682-en Received: 01 Oct 2010

Abstract

We report an outbreak of measles that has been ongoing in the district of Neamt, Romania, since 22 August 2010. As of 21 September, 17 of 21 suspected cases have been laboratory-confirmed and there was one measles-related fatality.

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