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Measles in Italy

Regarding the recent outbreak in Apulia, gradual decreases in measles rates may reflect the fact that vaccine coverage for Italy has exceded 80% only since 2002. Click on graph: Graph of Measles in Italy
Outbreaks of measles in Italy:
1996 to 1997 – An outbreak (1,642 cases seen at one hospital) was reported in Palermo.
2002 – An outbreak (24,000 clinical cases; 368 hospitalized; 13 encephalitis; 3 fatal) was reported in Campania. The rate among children below age 15 years was 3,750 per 100,000.
2003 – An outbreak (1,217 cases) was reported in Calabria and Puglia.
2003 – An outbreak (26 cases) was reported in South Tyrol.
2006 – An outbreak (40 cases) was reported in Grosseto.
2006 – Outbreaks (187 cases in 3 outbreaks) were reported in the Roma / Sinti populations of South Tyrol (17 cases), Sardinia (9 cases) and Lazio (161 cases).

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 at 11:09 pm and is filed under Epidemiology, Graphs, ProMED. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Measles in Italy”

  1. Uri Blackman Says:
    April 6th, 2007 at 6:07 am

    This also appeared in ProMED

  2. MarcoItaly Says:
    November 7th, 2007 at 11:03 pm

    Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the UK still lag behind other parts of the world. In recent months other European outbreaks have led to fresh concern that parents opting not to get their children immunised are leaving the areas vulnerable. This Italian measles epidemic should be a warning for the rest of the world.

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