Key Points

• Measles resurgence since November 2017

• Decline in the number of new weekly cases: rapid following the epidemic peak (Weeks 13–18), then stabilization at around 40 cases per week (Weeks 21–26) and an average of around 20 cases over the past three weeks

• As of July 29, 2018, 2,741 cases reported since November 6, 2017

• 86 departments reported at least 1 case during the period, but currently only 2 regions still have active outbreaks

• Since Week 13, the number of cases has decreased in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, with no active outbreaks

• Highest incidence among children under 1 year of age: 29.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

• 22% of reported cases were hospitalized

• 89% of measles cases occurred in unvaccinated or inadequately vaccinated individuals

• 3 deaths since the beginning of 2018