8 June 2018: Measles - Epidemiological Update

Between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 22 of 2018, 11 countries reported 1,685 confirmed cases of measles in the Region of the Americas: Antigua and Barbuda (1 case), Argentina (3 cases), Brazil (114 cases), Canada (11 cases), Colombia (26 cases), Ecuador (12 cases), Guatemala (1 case), Mexico (4 cases), Peru (2 cases), the United States (84 cases), and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (1,427 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).