title: Ongoing African measles virus genotype outbreak in Tel Aviv district since April, Israel, 2012.
abstract: A measles outbreak is affecting the Tel Aviv district, Israel, since April 2012. As of 10 September, 99 cases were confirmed, including 63 (64%) migrants of Eritrean and Sudanese origin. All genotyped cases had the African B3 genotype*. The mean age of migrant and non-migrant cases was 6.0±9.6 and 30.2±24.2 years, respectively (p<0.001). The majority of both migrant and non-migrant cases was unvaccinated. This is the second African measles B3 genotype outbreak within the World Health Organization European region in 2012.
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel. eran.kopel@mail.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kopel
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Amitai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savion
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aboudy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mendelson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sheffer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D019017:Eritrea / Q000208:ethnology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology; D008459:Measles virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D013397:Sudan / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult