WHO EpiBrief: a report on the epidemiology of selected vaccine-preventable diseases in the European Region: No. 2/2013

Abstract

This report provides an overview of selected epidemiological characteristics of measles and rubella in the WHO European Region. It is based on data submitted to the centralized information system for infectious diseases. The analyses of these diseases are performed on cases with disease onset dates during the first quarter of 2013. This report also provides summaries of measles outbreaks that have occurred in several countries during this period and beyond. These summaries are based on more recent data that were either available on official health authorities’ websites or provided in aggregated format by the health authorities.