Open AccessOutbreak of measles in Geneva, Switzerland, March-April 2007
Author(s) -
E. Delaporte,
Claire-Anne Wyler,
Philippe Sudre
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.12.19.03190-en
Subject(s) - measles , outbreak , public health , geography , cluster (spacecraft) , medicine , environmental health , socioeconomics , virology , vaccination , nursing , computer science , programming language , sociology
Between 1 March and 5 April 2007, 11 cases of measles were notified in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The most recent cases before this cluster dated back to April 2005. In Switzerland, measles notification by physicians and laboratories to local and federal public health authorities is mandatory.