TY - JOUR
T1 - Spread of measles virus D4-Hamburg, Europe, 2008-2011
AU - Mankertz, Annette
AU - Mihneva, Zefi Ra
AU - Gold, Hermann
AU - Baumgarte, Sigrid
AU - Baillot, Armin
AU - Helble, Rudolph
AU - Roggendorf, Hedwig
AU - Bosevska, Golubinka
AU - Nedeljkovic, Jasminka
AU - Makowka, Agata
AU - Hutse, Veronik
AU - Holzmann, Heidemarie
AU - Aberle, Stefan W.
AU - Cordey, Samuel
AU - Necula, Gheorghe
AU - Mentis, Andreas
AU - Korukluoǧlu, Gulay
AU - Carr, Michael
AU - Brown, Kevin E.
AU - Hübschen, Judith M.
AU - Muller, Claude P.
AU - Mulders, Mick N.
AU - Santibanez, Sabine
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - A new strain of measles virus, D4-Hamburg, was imported from London to Hamburg in December 2008 and subsequently spread to Bulgaria, where an outbreak of >24,300 cases was observed. We analyzed spread of the virus to demonstrate the importance of addressing hard-toreach communities within the World Health Organization European Region regarding access to medical care and vaccination campaigns. The D4-Hamburg strain appeared during 2009-2011 in Poland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Switzerland, and Belgium and was repeatedly reimported to Germany. The strain was present in Europe for >27 months and led to >25,000 cases in 12 countries. Spread of the virus was prevalently but not exclusively associated with travel by persons in the Roma ethnic group; because this travel extends beyond the borders of any European country, measures to prevent the spread of measles should be implemented by the region as a whole.
AB - A new strain of measles virus, D4-Hamburg, was imported from London to Hamburg in December 2008 and subsequently spread to Bulgaria, where an outbreak of >24,300 cases was observed. We analyzed spread of the virus to demonstrate the importance of addressing hard-toreach communities within the World Health Organization European Region regarding access to medical care and vaccination campaigns. The D4-Hamburg strain appeared during 2009-2011 in Poland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Switzerland, and Belgium and was repeatedly reimported to Germany. The strain was present in Europe for >27 months and led to >25,000 cases in 12 countries. Spread of the virus was prevalently but not exclusively associated with travel by persons in the Roma ethnic group; because this travel extends beyond the borders of any European country, measures to prevent the spread of measles should be implemented by the region as a whole.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79960867047
UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21801615
U2 - 10.3201/eid1708.101994
DO - 10.3201/eid1708.101994
M3 - Article
C2 - 21801615
AN - SCOPUS:79960867047
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 17
SP - 1396
EP - 1401
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 8
ER -