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Measles and rubella in Croatia

In Croatia, measles vaccination was first introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule in 1968 and was replaced by the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in 1976. Vaccine coverage rates for the first MMR dose are more than 94% since 2004, and for the second dose more than 97%. In the pre-vaccinal period, 5.000-20.000 cases of measles and rubella were notified each year in Croatia. In the last two decades, less than 10 measles cases have been reported annually, with the exception of three import-related outbreaks (2003/2004, 2008 and 2014/2015). In 2002, four SSPE cases were notified. Regarding rubella, only sporadic cases were reported with an outbreak in 2007. There was no reported congenital rubella syndrome. A seroepidemiological study conducted from 2005-2009 showed that 94.6% of the Croatian childbearing-aged women are immune to rubella. However, vaccination coverage has been decreasing since 2012.

measles; rubella; Croatia

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