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Measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Calais, France: January to February 2016
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsSylvie Haeghebaertsylvie.haeghebaert ars.sante.fr
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Citation style for this article: . Measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Calais, France: January to February 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(11):pii=30167. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.11.30167 Received: 01 Mar 2016; Accepted: 17 Mar 2016
Abstract
We report a measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Calais, France, between 5 January and 11 February 2016. In total, 13 confirmed measles cases were identified among migrants, healthcare workers in hospital and volunteers working on site. A large scale vaccination campaign was carried out in the settlement within two weeks of outbreak notification. In total, 60% of the estimated target population of 3,500 refugees was vaccinated during the week-long campaign.
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