Al Kuwari, M.G. Nozzal, Z.A. Al Khenji, A.A. 2011 While a major reduction in morbidity and mortality from measles has been achieved in Qatar since it adopted the measles elimination programme in 1997, the country has experienced small, recurrent measles outbreaks. The aim of this study was to determine the demographical and epidemiological characteristics of measles cases reported to the surveillance programme in Qatar in 2007. Of 362 confirmed cases 67.7 were among children aged 1 14 years old and 16.9 were 15 years. A majority of cases were unvaccinated 35.9 or had unknown or undocumented ...