title: Six years of public health surveillance of measles in France.
abstract: Data provided by the Sentinel General Practitioners (SGP) to the French Communicable Diseases Computer Network (FCDN) have been used to present the epidemiological characteristics of measles observed during a 6-year period in France. The estimated annual incidence rates per 100,000 population were 376 in 1985, 603 in 1986 and 983 in 1987, then declined during the following 3 years to 297, 258, and 263 per 100,000 population in 1988, 1989 and 1990 respectively. There is a marked seasonal change with a high early summer peak. The mean age among the cases for the 6 years of study varied from 5.4 to 6.0 years. There is an increase in the percentage of cases with a past history of measles vaccination, from 6.7% in 1985 to 12.8% in 1990. This increase may be interpreted as a consequence of a substantial increase of the vaccine coverage during the same period.
authors.affiliation: URBB INSERM U263, Université Paris 7, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mary
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garnerin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roure
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villeminot
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Swartz
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Valleron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012621:Seasons; D014611:Vaccination