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2017-08-24Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.34.30599
Large measles outbreak introduced by asylum seekers and spread among the insufficiently vaccinated resident population, Berlin, October 2014 to August 2015
dc.contributor.authorWerber, Dirk
dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorSantibanez, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorMankertz, Annette
dc.contributor.authorSagebiel, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T20:23:50Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T20:23:50Z
dc.date.created2017-08-29
dc.date.issued2017-08-24none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/reIf7Bi0AXJMA/PDF/24fg95bt53bvY.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/2761
dc.description.abstractThe 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. The virus was likely introduced by and initially spread among asylum seekers before affecting Berlin’s resident population. Among Berlin residents, the highest incidence was in children aged eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger; Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleLarge measles outbreak introduced by asylum seekers and spread among the insufficiently vaccinated resident population, Berlin, October 2014 to August 2015
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10054395
dc.identifier.doi10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.34.30599
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/2686
local.edoc.container-titleEuroSurveillance
local.edoc.fp-subtypeArtikel
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttp://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22861
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameECDC
local.edoc.container-volume22
local.edoc.container-issue34
local.edoc.container-year2017

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