Measles is reviving in parts of Europe: doctors

In 2006, 8,223 cases of measles occurred in Europe, a tally that fell to 3,909 in in 2007 but, in the first nine months of 2008 rose to 6,269 cases. Separately, doctors also looked at 12,132 cases of measles that occurred in 32 European countries in 2006 and 2007, seven of which were fatal. Romania, Germany, Britain, Switzerland and Italy accounted for most of the cases, which occurred especially among Roma, also called gypsies, as well as travelling people, immigrant families and orthodox Jews, their investigation showed.

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