Questão 59 - PUC-PR Medicina Verão 2019

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Measles epidemics sweeping Europe as infections triple, EU diseases agency warns

 

Major outbreaks in Romania, Italy, Greece and Germany have taken root in areas with low vaccine uptake and have spread to UK

Cases of life-threatening measles tripled in Europe last year because of a continent-wide outbreak that has even reached the UK, an EU body has warned.

Data for 2017, released last month by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, shows there were 14,451 cases reported across 30 countries in 2017, compared to 4,600 in the previous 12 months.

Since the beginning of 2016 there have been 50 deaths due to the disease reported in the EU.

In the UK, more than 100 measles cases have been confirmed in six different regions.

Experts say these were brought in by visitors from regions with measles epidemics, primarily Greece (where there were 1,463 cases), Romania (10,623), Italy (4,991) and Germany (926).

New infections continue to mount and spread despite the disease being entirely preventable with vaccines.

Retrieved from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/measles-epidemic-europe-eu-diseases-agency-infection-numbers-increase-a8208666.html Access 07/20/2018.

 

Analise as seguintes afirmações

 

I. Romênia, Itália e Grécia são os locais mais afetados pelo baixo índice de imunizações.
II. O contato com pessoas infectadas é um dos fatores de perpetuação da doença.
III. O contágio por sarampo só ocorre em crianças.
IV. A vacinação é a melhor forma de prevenção da doença.
V. A epidemia ficou restrita a uma região específica do continente europeu.