Global & Disaster Medicine

Measles in America: 6,629 confirmed cases, including 72 deaths

In 2018, as of 21 September, a total of 6,629 confirmed cases of measles, including 72 deaths, have been reported in 11 countries of the Region of the Americas:

Antigua and Barbuda (1 case),

Argentina (11 cases),

Brazil (1,735 cases, including 10 deaths),

Canada (22 cases),

Colombia (85 cases),

Ecuador (19 cases),

Guatemala (1 case),

Mexico (5 cases),

Peru (21 cases),

the United States of America (124 cases), and the

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (4,605 cases, including 62 deaths).


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