Measles outbreak associated with a preschool setting among partially vaccinated children in the Tel Aviv District, Israel, October 2023.

In October 2023, the Tel Aviv District was notified of ten cases of measles. The outbreak initiated in a preschool with high vaccination coverage with one dose of MMR vaccine. Serological testing was available for eight patients (six children and two adults).

Monkeypox outbreak in the Tel Aviv District, Israel, 2022.

Objectives: From May-September 2022, 203 cases of monkeypox (MPX) were reported in the Tel Aviv (TA) District, Israel. We aim to report the first ongoing local transmission of MPX in Israel.

Methods: We analyzed the epidemiologic and clinical features of all cases of MPX notified to the TA District.

Pediatric measles cases by residence status in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Background: Measles is a vaccine-preventable infectious disease whose outbreaks generally originate from exposure to populations with low vaccination coverage.

Methods: This study compared the rates and morbidity of measles cases in the district of Tel-Aviv during two outbreaks (2012 and 2018-2019) by citizenship and geographic location.

Results: There were 67 pediatric cases reported in 2012 and 222 in 2018-2019.

A Measles Outbreak in the Tel Aviv District, Israel, 2018-2019.

During a national measles outbreak in 2018-2019, the Tel Aviv District suffered a major upsurge of cases, with 413 patients reported. Among them, 100 (24%) were <1 year, 92 (22%) patients were aged 12 months to 4 years, 47 (11%) were 5-18 years, 169 (41%) were 19-60 years, and 5 (1%) patients were older than 61 years (born before 1957). Among all cases, 230 (56%) were part of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, 55 (13%) were among undocumented African immigrants.

Cancer Risk Among Children Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapy: Results From the Israel National Renal Replacement Therapy Registry, 1990-2012.

Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease who undergo chronic renal replacement therapy (RRT) have a higher incidence of cancer. A limited number of studies addressed the risk for cancer in children exposed to RRT. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether children undergoing RRT in Israel are at increased risk for all-site and specific cancers.