Toward rubella elimination in Europe: An epidemiological assessment

Highlights ► We report notified rubella cases from 24 European countries for 2000–08. ► The median incidence per million inhabitants declined from 7.2 in 2000 to 0.3 in 2008. ► Overall, progress is being made toward the goal of rubella elimination in Europe. ► More efforts are still required particu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vaccine 2012-03, Vol.30 (11), p.1999-2007
Hauptverfasser:	Muscat, Mark, Zimmerman, Laura, Bacci, Sabrina, Bang, Henrik, Glismann, Steffen, Mølbak, Kåre, Reef, Susan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Allergy and Immunology Births Confidence intervals Congenital rubella Congenital rubella syndrome Data processing Disease Eradication - trends Disease Notification Epidemiology Europe Europe - epidemiology Humans Immunization Incidence Laboratory testing Maintenance Measles monitoring Population Prevention Public health Reporting requirements Reviews risk Rubella Rubella - epidemiology Rubella - prevention & control Surveillance Vaccination Vaccines
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights ► We report notified rubella cases from 24 European countries for 2000–08. ► The median incidence per million inhabitants declined from 7.2 in 2000 to 0.3 in 2008. ► Overall, progress is being made toward the goal of rubella elimination in Europe. ► More efforts are still required particularly in high incidence countries.
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.016