Measles : 405 case in France since the beginning of the year

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Published the 29.09.2017 at 16: 51

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Measles has beautiful days in front of it. After a year of lull, the virus reproduces in the ranks in France. Between January and July, more than 400 people have been infected. In question, in particular, an outbreak occurred in the course of the month of may. This increased the alarm of public Health in France, the origin of this balance sheet. In the past year, only 79 cases had been identified.

It must be said that measles is active and virulent. In total, 168 patients were hospitalized because of the infection – most often for pneumonia severe. Evidence that the virus does not distinguish between its victims, a 16 year-old girl died of severe complications in July. Non-vaccinated, however, she had no previous medical history.

Source : public Health France

Most of the time, these are young children who bear the brunt of the infection. Infants under 1 year and children 1 to 4 years of age are among the main reported cases. Following, further, adolescents 15 to 19 years.

Still endemic

The staging areas seem to be more vulnerable to measles transmission. Kindergartens, schools and universities are among the privileged places of contamination, as do the communities of precarious populations. Having regard to the outstanding high level of the virus, public Health France considers it necessary to prepare for an outbreak.

“The current epidemiology of measles shows that France is still endemic vis-à-vis the infection and is not immune to a new outbreak of significant “, analysis by the national agency of public health. In fact, the diagnostics are distributed rather evenly in the territory.

Source : public Health France

The scenario of an epidemic is all the more credible that the immunization coverage is too low. Only 79 % of babies of 2 years old are vaccinated. It would be necessary to reach 95 % in order to prevent any movement of the virus.

10 deaths in 10 years

In the light of these indicators, public Health France recommends that healthcare professionals be vigilant. In the Face of a measles, the vaccine calendar of loved ones needs to be systematically verified. If the schema is incomplete, a vaccination catch-up or post-exposure prophylaxis will prevent the spread of the virus.

The goal : prevent an epidemic like that of 2011 will not occur again. In the space of a year, more than 15 000 people had been contaminated. Dark year, with 10 deaths, have been recorded.

France is far from isolated in the face of this resurgence of measles. Our neighbours italians, belgians and germans have been faced with a sudden increase in cases. To such A point that the Italy has chosen to re-establish the vaccination requirement. Further to the east, Romania must also combat an outbreak that is very active.