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Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Synopsis

Challenges to Achieving Measles Elimination, Georgia, 2013–2018

Nino KhetsurianiComments to Author , Ketevan Sanadze, Rusudan Chlikadze, Nazibrola Chitadze, Tamar Dolakidze, Tamta Komakhidze, Lia Jabidze, Shahin Huseynov, Myriam Ben Mamou, Claude Muller, Khatuna Zakhashvili, and Judith M. Hübschen
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (N. Khetsuriani); CDC South Caucasus Office, Tbilisi, Georgia (N. Khetsuriani); National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi (K. Sanadze, R. Chlikadze, N. Chitadze, T. Dolakidze, T. Komakhidze, L. Jabidze, K. Zakhashvili); South Caucasus Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Tbilisi (T. Komakhidze); World Health Organization European Regional Office, Copenhagen, Denmark (S. Huseynov, M. Ben Mamou); World Health Organization European Regional Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (C. Muller, J.M. Hübschen)

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Vaccination status of suspected measles cases, by age group and final case classification category, Georgia, 2013–2015 and 2016–2018. A) Laboratory-confirmed cases reported during 2013–2015 (n = 1,220). B) Epidemiologically linked or clinically compatible cases reported during 2013–2015 (n = 10,275). C) Discarded cases during 2013–2015 (n = 289). D) Laboratory-confirmed cases reported during 2016–2018 (n = 1,753). E) Epidemiologically linked or clinically compatible cases reported during 2016–2018 (n = 556). F) Discarded cases during 2016–2018 (n = 608). Children <1 year of age, too young to be eligible for measles-mumps-rubella vaccination, are excluded.

Figure 7. Vaccination status of suspected measles cases, by age group and final case classification category, Georgia, 2013–2015 and 2016–2018. A) Laboratory-confirmed cases reported during 2013–2015 (n = 1,220). B) Epidemiologically linked or clinically compatible cases reported during 2013–2015 (n = 10,275). C) Discarded cases during 2013–2015 (n = 289). D) Laboratory-confirmed cases reported during 2016–2018 (n = 1,753). E) Epidemiologically linked or clinically compatible cases reported during 2016–2018 (n = 556). F) Discarded cases during 2016–2018 (n = 608). Children <1 year of age, too young to be eligible for measles-mumps-rubella vaccination, are excluded.

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