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The 1875–1876 Australia scarlet fever epidemic was a severe outbreak of scarlet fever in the British colonies of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia.Part of a series of measles and scarlet fever epidemics in Victoria as a result of poor sanitation in the post-gold rush era, the epidemic claimed in both colonies the lives of over 8,000 people, mainly children. [1]
Measles morbidity in Australia, 1991–2009. 1.7 million primary-school aged children vaccinated, representing 96% of children in this age group. [1] 800,000 pre-school children vaccinated. [1] 89 total adverse events (33% of which were fainting) representing 5.24 total adverse events per 100,000 doses. [1] Prevented an estimated 17,500 cases ...
The 2019 measles outbreaks refer to a substantial global increase in the number of measles cases reported, relative to 2018. [1] As of April 2019, the number of measles cases reported worldwide represented a 300% increase from the number of cases seen in the previous year, constituting over 110,000 measles cases reported in the first three months of 2019.
Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. About ...
Measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year and cases rose after vaccination levels dramatically dropped during the pandemic, leading health agencies said Thursday. The highly ...
Last year, there were 10.3 million cases of measles globally -- an increase of 20% from the previous year, according to a newly released report from the World Health Organization. Nearly 107,500 ...
Measles cases reported in Canada before and after introduction of the vaccine, 1924 to 2018. Between 1959 and 1968, measles were not nationally reportable, hence data are missing for this period. Canadian data since 1924 shows measles outbreaks occurring frequently until the large vaccination campaigns in the 1970s.
Measles cases have skyrocketed in recent years after a COVID-19 pandemic-era drop in vaccination against the virus. Cases of the disease increased by 20 percent across the globe between 2022 and ...