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

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

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	17
Issue number	37
State	Published - Sep 2012

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