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| Topic - measles 2025 Posted: 9 hours 57 minutes ago at 2:13am By Dutch Josh 2 |
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https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/ecdc-measles-annual-epidemiological.html or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/ecdc-measles-annual-epidemiological.html ;
According to WHO estimates - globally there were 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, with 107,500 related deaths - mostly in children younger than 5 years of age. They cited ` Inadequate immunization coverage' as driving the surge in cases, noting that only 83% of children had received their first dose of measles vaccine, while just 74% received the recommended second dose. A year ago, the ECDC reported: In 2023, 2 361 cases of measles were reported by 30 EU/EEA Member States. The overall notification rate was 5.2 cases per 1 000 000 population, which was significantly higher than the notification rate observed the last three years (2022:0.3, 2021:0.1, and 2020:4.3). Despite the rise, the 2023 rate remains lower than the pre-pandemic Today the ECDC has released their surveillance report for 2024, and it shows a 10-fold increase in measles cases (and 23 deaths). In 2024, a total of 35 212 measles cases were reported across the EU/EEA, marking a notable increase (ten-fold), from the 3 973 cases reported in 2023; in addition, cases reported followed a seasonal pattern, after a period (2021-23) in which the typical pattern was not evident. Measles activity had already begun to increase in 2023 after a period of unusually low activity during 2020–2022, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. - The overall notification rate in 2024 was 77.4 cases per 1 000 000 population, which was substantially higher compared to 9.1 in 2023, and notably exceeding pre-pandemic levels observed in 2019 (27.2 cases per 1 000 000). Romania reported the highest notification rate at 1 610.7 cases per 1 000 000 population, accounting for approximately 87% (30 692) of all EU/EEA cases, followed by Austria (59.5), Belgium (44.9) and Ireland (39.6) per 1,000,000 population. - In 2024, measles cases were reported among all age groups, and infants under one year of age were the most affected group, with a notification rate of 1 175.4 cases per 1 000 000 population, followed by children aged 1–4 years (688.7 cases per 1 000 000). Individuals above the age of 14 years represented 26% of the overall reported cases; some countries reported the majority of cases (range:28-53%) in individuals above 30 years of age. A total of 14 of the 23 measles deaths reported in 2024 (22 of which from Romania), were observed in children below five years of age. - In 2019, just prior to the COVID lockdown, the United States reported the most measles cases (1274) in 25 years, raising concerns that this scourge - considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000 - was making a comeback.
Between waning vaccination uptake and rampant misinformation on the internet, measles (and other childhood diseases) are making a comeback. - While I've touched briefly on the topic of of acquired immune amnesia, from measles infection (see here, here, and here), two weeks ago Dr. Ian M. MacKay - author of the Virology Down Under Blog - produced an in-depth explainer on both measles, and this adverse immunological impact from MeV infection.
Highly Recommended. DJ, The "older age groups" 50+ are supposed to have had exposure to measles in childhood-resulting in natural immunity. A lot of countries started vaccination decades ago.. CoViD immunity damage, aging may see also an increase of measlesrisks in the 30-55 y/o and 55+ age groups.
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