Measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Calais France: January to February 2016.

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Euro Surveill. 2016;21(11). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.11.30167.

Measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Calais France: January to February 2016.

Jones G1 Haeghebaert S Merlin B Antona D Simon N Elmouden M Battist F Janssens M Wyndels KChaud P.

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Abstract

We report a measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Calais France between 5 January and 11 February 2016. In total 13 confirmed measles cases were identified among migrants healthcare workers in hospital orologi replica
and volunteers working on site. A large scale vaccination campaign was carried out in the settlement within two weeks of outbreak notification. In total 60% of the estimated target population of 3500 refugees was vaccinated during the week-long campaign.

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