Spotlight on measles 2010: Preliminary report of an ongoing measles outbreak in a subpopulation with low vaccination coverage in Berlin, Germany, January-March 2010

J Bätzing-Feigenbaum; U Pruckner; A Beyer; G Sinn; A Dinter; A Mankertz; A Siedler; A Schubert; M Suckau

doi:10.2807/ese.15.13.19527-en

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Spotlight on measles 2010: Preliminary report of an ongoing measles outbreak in a subpopulation with low vaccination coverage in Berlin, Germany, January-March 2010
J Bätzing-Feigenbaum¹ , U Pruckner² , A Beyer² , G Sinn³ , A Dinter⁴ , A Mankertz⁵ , A Siedler⁶ , A Schubert¹ , M Suckau⁷
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Affiliations: ¹ Infectious Disease Protection and Epidemiology Unit, State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LAGeSo), Federal State of Berlin, Berlin, Germany ² District Health Office Steglitz-Zehlendorf of Berlin, Berlin, Germany ³ District Health Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin, Berlin, Germany ⁴ District Health Office Tempelhof-Schöneberg of Berlin, Berlin, Germany ⁵ National Reference Centre for Measles, Mumps and Rubella at the Robert Koch-Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany ⁶ Vaccination Unit, Robert Koch-Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany ⁷ Department for Health, Environment and Consumers Protection (SenGUV), Federal State of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Bätzing-Feigenbaum J, Pruckner U, Beyer A, Sinn G, Dinter A, Mankertz A, Siedler A, Schubert A, Suckau M. Spotlight on measles 2010: Preliminary report of an ongoing measles outbreak in a subpopulation with low vaccination coverage in Berlin, Germany, January-March 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(13):pii=19527. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.13.19527-en Received: 19 Mar 2010

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Abstract

Since early January 2010, Berlin has been experiencing a measles outbreak with 62 cases as of 31 March. The index case acquired the infection in India. In recent years, measles incidence in Berlin has been lower than the German average and vaccination coverage in school children has increased since 2001. However, this outbreak involves schools and kindergartens with low vaccination coverage and parents with critical attitudes towards vaccination, which makes the implementation of public health interventions challenging.