Epidemiological Update, Measles (8 May 2018)

ABSTRACT

In 2018, between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 18, there were 11 countries that reported 1,115 confirmed cases in the Region of the Americas Antigua and Barbuda (1 case), Argentina (3 cases), Brazil (104 cases), Canada (9 cases), Colombia (21 cases), Ecuador (3 cases), Guatemala (1 case), Mexico (4 cases), Peru (2 cases), the United States (63 cases), and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (904 cases). This number exceeds what was reported in 2017, when 4 countries in the Region reported 895 confirmed cases Argentina (3 cases), Canada (45 cases), the United States of America (120 cases), and Venezuela (727 cases).