1. Different measles outbreaks in Belgium, January to June 2016 – a challenge for public health
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Tine Grammens, Martine Sabbe, Valeska Laisnez, Veronik Hutse, Virginie Maes, Jean Marie Trémérie, and Carole Schirvel
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Pediatrics ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Disease Outbreaks ,0302 clinical medicine ,Belgium ,Epidemiology ,Health care ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,Cross Infection ,Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Vaccination ,Middle Aged ,Hospitals ,Child, Preschool ,Vaccine-preventable diseases ,epidemiology ,Female ,Public Health ,Rapid Communication ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional ,Adolescent ,Health Personnel ,030106 microbiology ,Measles Vaccine ,macromolecular substances ,Measles ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,elimination ,Age Distribution ,Virology ,Environmental health ,medicine ,Humans ,outbreak ,business.industry ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Outbreak ,Infant ,medicine.disease ,vaccine-preventable diseases ,Immunoglobulin M ,Measles vaccine ,Contact Tracing ,business - Abstract
During the first half of 2016, several outbreaks of measles were reported in the three regions of Belgium. Main challenges for public health were severe complications occurring in adults, nosocomial transmission and infection in healthcare workers. Here, we describe those outbreaks and lessons learnt for public health.
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- 2016