Ongoing African measles virus genotype outbreak in Tel Aviv district since April, Israel, 2012

E Kopel; Z Amitai; M Savion; Y Aboudy; E Mendelson; R Sheffer

doi:10.2807/ese.17.37.20272-en

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Ongoing African measles virus genotype outbreak in Tel Aviv district since April, Israel, 2012
E Kopel¹ , Z Amitai¹ , M Savion¹ , Y Aboudy² , E Mendelson^3,4 , R Sheffer¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Tel Aviv District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel ² National Centre for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella, Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel ³ Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel ⁴ School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Citation style for this article: Kopel E, Amitai Z, Savion M, Aboudy Y, Mendelson E, Sheffer R. Ongoing African measles virus genotype outbreak in Tel Aviv district since April, Israel, 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(37):pii=20272. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.37.20272-en Received: 03 Sept 2012

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Abstract

A measles outbreak is affecting the Tel Aviv district, Israel, since April 2012. As of 10 September, 99 cases were confirmed, including 63 (64%) migrants of Eritrean and Sudanese origin. All genotyped cases had the African B3 genotype*. The mean age of migrant and non-migrant cases was 6.0±9.6 and 30.2±24.2 years, respectively (p<0.001). The majority of both migrant and non-migrant cases was unvaccinated. This is the second African measles B3 genotype outbreak within the World Health Organization European region in 2012.