Measles in south-west Germany imported from Switzerland - a preliminary outbreak description

G Pfaff; B Mezger; S Santibanez; U Hoffmann; S Maassen; U Wagner; A Siedler

doi:10.2807/ese.13.08.08044-en

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Measles in south-west Germany imported from Switzerland - a preliminary outbreak description
G Pfaff ¹ , B Mezger¹ , S Santibanez² , U Hoffmann³ , S Maassen⁴ , U Wagner⁵ , A Siedler⁶
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Affiliations: ¹ Baden-Wuerttemberg State Health Office, District of Stuttgart Government, Stuttgart, Germany ² National Reference Laboratory for Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ³ Public Health Office, Lörrach, Germany ⁴ Public Health Office, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany ⁵ Public Health Office, Karlsruhe, Germany ⁶ Robert Koch institut, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Pfaff G, Mezger B, Santibanez S, Hoffmann U, Maassen S, Wagner U, Siedler A. Measles in south-west Germany imported from Switzerland - a preliminary outbreak description. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(8):pii=8044. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.08.08044-en

Abstract

Since January 2008, public health authorities in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-west Germany, have observed an increased number of measles cases (16 cases in weeks 1-7 in 2008, compared to three cases in the same weeks in 2007) with epidemiological links to an ongoing measles epidemic in Switzerland [1]. So far only unvaccinated children, adolescents and young adults have been affected. .