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Ongoing measles outbreak in Greece related to the recent European-wide epidemic.

Epidemiology and infection - 1 Oct 2018

Georgakopoulou T, Horefti E, Vernardaki A, Pogka V, Gkolfinopoulou K, Triantafyllou E, Tsiodras S, Theodoridou M, Mentis A, Panagiotopoulos T

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We report an ongoing measles outbreak in Greece. The first cases were notified through the mandatory notification system on May 2017 in Northern Greece and concerned a cluster of three imported cases in unvaccinated Roma siblings. So far, 3150 cases have been reported in all 13 Regions. Initially, the outbreak mainly affected Greek Roma but as it progressed it spread to non-minority Greek nationals. The outbreak...

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PMID: 30086813
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268818002170
PMCID: PMC9507959

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