Measles: Europe sees record number of cases and 37 deaths so far this year
BMJ 2018; 362 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k3596 (Published 20 August 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;362:k3596- Zosia Kmietowicz
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More than 41 000 children and adults across Europe have been infected with measles in the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died, show figures from the World Health Organization.1
The number of measles cases seen this year far exceeds the annual totals for every year this decade, which was highest in 2017 when there were 23 927 cases and lowest in 2016 when there were 5273.
“Following the decade’s lowest number of cases in 2016, we are seeing a dramatic increase in infections and extended outbreaks,” said Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO regional …
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