Status of measles surveillance data

This page shows the status of measles surveillance data as reported by EUVAC.NET participating countries in 2007, 2006 and 2005.

Table 1 gives an overview of the months for which measles data has been reported to the EUVAC.NET hub. The percentage of months of the expected for reporting measles data is also given by country. The reporting of case-based surveillance data is requested on a monthly basis. The total number of accumulated cases by country appear on the extreme right column.

Table 1. Months for which measles data has been reported (including zero cases reporting) to EUVAC.NET by country, 2007

Figure 1 shows the latest validated measles surveillance data by month of onset for 2007 by countries with case-based surveillance (table 1). The percentage of countries providing data (case-based or aggregated) is also shown. All data are provisional. Comparisons can be made with 2006 measles data derived from the same countries reporting case-based data.

Figure 1. Reported number of measles cases by month of onset for 2007 and 2006 and the percentage of reporting countries for 2007. The number of cases shown is derived from case-based data.

Figure 2 shows the latest validated measles surveillance data by month of onset for 2006 by countries with case-based surveillance (table 2). The percentage of countries providing data (case-based or aggregated) is also shown. All data are provisional. Comparisons can be made with 2005 measles data derived from the same countries reporting case-based data.

Figure 2. Reported number of measles cases by month of onset for 2006 and 2005 and the percentage of reporting countries for 2006. The number of cases shown is derived from case-based data.