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UK: Confirmed measles cases in England and Wales – an update to September (published 7.11.2008)

Gibraltar: Measles outbreak in Gibraltar, August-October 2008 – a preliminary report (published 6.11.2008)

UK: MMR plea to parents following measles outbreak (published 28.10.2008)

Portugal: Report on the measles situation in Portugal (published 16.10.2008)

France: Outbreak of measles in two private religious schools in Bourgogne and Nord-Pas-de-Calais regions of France, May-July 2008 (preliminary results) (published 28.08.2008)

France: Impact of infant pneumococcal vaccination on invasive pneumococcal diseases in France, 2001-2006 (published 28.08.2008)

Gibraltar: Measles outbreak in Gibraltar (published 14.08.2008)

Europe: Introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination - a challenge for European vaccine advisory committees and public health services (published 14.08.2008)

Europe: Introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination into national immunisation schedules in Europe: Results of the VENICE 2007 survey (published 14.08.2008)

UK: National MMR catch up campaign launched (published 07.08.2008)

The Netherlands: Measles outbreak in an anthroposophic community in The Hague, The Netherlands, June-July 2008 (published 31.07.2008)

Sweden: Effective control measures limited measles outbreak after extensive nosocomial exposures in January-February 2008 in Gothenburg, Sweden (published 24.07.2008)

Italy: Measles resurges in Italy: preliminary data from September 2007 to May 2008 (published 17.07.2008)

UK: Measles once again endemic in the United Kingdom (published 03.07.2008)

Czech Republic: Mumps Vaccination in the Czech Republic (published 03.07.2008)




Recent important issues relating to measles, mumps, rubella and pertussis are found in the latest news feature above.

Previous news items can be obtained here.

Measles surveillance data and a pertussis surveillance report can be found on this website.

You can also find updated information on national childhood vaccination schedules and the results of the survey on sentinel surveillance systems for vaccine preventable diseases in Europe (EUVAC.NET Work Package 8).


This website is managed by the EUVAC.NET data manager and the information provided on it has been prepared by the EUVAC.NET team.

Contact persons:
Mark Muscat, co-ordinator. E-mail: mmc@ssi.dk
Henrik Bang, data manager. E-mail: hba@ssi.dk

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