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Large measles outbreak introduced by asylum seekers and spread among the insufficiently vaccinated resident population, Berlin, October 2014 to August 2015.

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 24 Aug 2017

Werber Dirk, Hoffmann Alexandra, Santibanez Sabine, Mankertz Annette, Sagebiel Daniel

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The largest measles outbreak in Berlin since 2001 occurred from October 2014 to August 2015. Overall, 1,344 cases were ascertained, 86% (with available information) unvaccinated, including 146 (12%) asylum seekers. Median age was 17 years (interquartile range: 4-29 years), 26% were hospitalised and a 1-year-old child died. Measles virus genotyping uniformly revealed the variant 'D8-Rostov-Don' and descendants....

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PMID: 28857043
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.34.30599
PMCID: PMC5753442

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