Key Points

• Measles Resurgence Since November 2017

• As of April 8, 2018, 1,605 cases reported since November 6, 2017 (+181 cases since the last weekly bulletin)

• More than 1,527 cases (95%) reported since January 1, 2018

• 72 departments have reported cases, a number that has risen since the last bulletin

• 51% of cases (n=819) have been reported in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the only region experiencing an epidemic

• Highest incidence among children under 1 year of age: 15.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

• 20% of reported cases were hospitalized

• 87% of measles cases occurred in unvaccinated or inadequately vaccinated individuals