Measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Calais, France: January to February 2016.

We report a measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Calais, France, between 5 January and 11 February 2016. In total, 13 confirmed measles cases were identified among migrants, healthcare workers in hospital and volunteers working on site. A large scale vaccination campaign was carried out in the settlement within two weeks of outbreak notification. In total, 60% of the estimated target population of 3,500 refugees was vaccinated during the week-long campaign. PMID: 27020578 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27020578?dopt=Abstract

Source: Euro Surveill - March 16, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jones G, Haeghebaert S, Merlin B, Antona D, Simon N, Elmouden M, Battist F, Janssens M, Wyndels K, Chaud P Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research