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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.
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 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 ...
Cases of measles, a highly contagious viral infection, rose across the world by 20 percent last year.. While measles infections are preventable with doses of the vaccine, the World Health ...
From 1 January, to 31 December 2019, 1,282 individual cases of measles were confirmed in 31 states. [123] This is the greatest number of cases reported in the U.S. since 1992. [123] Of the 1,282 cases, 128 of the people who got measles were hospitalized, and 61 reported having complications, including pneumonia and encephalitis. [123]
Why measles cases are climbing. Not enough kids are getting vaccinated. For herd immunity, about 95% or more of a population needs to be vaccinated, but most countries around the world have been ...