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The aim of the present study was to analyze the epidemiological data on MMR immunization coverage and the number of measles cases in 2001\u20132019 in Croatia and a number of European countries. Results revealed a decreasing trend in vaccination in 2001\u20132019 throughout Europe. However, Croatia and Hungary still have the highest primary and revaccination coverage, compared to other analyzed countries. The highest number of measles cases was in 2017 in Romania. There was no significant correlation between the percentage of primary vaccination and the number of measles cases (r = \u22120.0528, p = 0.672), but there was a significant negative correlation between the percentage of revaccination and the number of measles cases (r = \u22120.445, p &lt; 0.0001). In conclusion, the results of the present study emphasize the necessity to perform a full protocol of vaccination to reach appropriate protection from potential epidemic outbreaks. Furthermore, in the light of present migrations, documenting the migrants\u2019 flow and facilitating vaccination as needed is of utmost importance to prevent future epidemics.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19074140","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,31]],"date-time":"2022-03-31T21:33:03Z","timestamp":1648762383000},"page":"4140","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Measles Vaccination and Outbreaks in Croatia from 2001 to 2019; A Comparative Study to Other European Countries"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4964-7721","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ines","family":"Drenjan\u010devi\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute and Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia"},{"name":"Croatian National Scientific Center of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Senka","family":"Samard\u017ei\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Teaching Institute of Public Health of the Osijek-Baranya County, 31000 Osijek, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7446-0021","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana","family":"Stupin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute and Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia"},{"name":"Croatian National Scientific Center of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31000 Osijek, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6126-1840","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Katalin","family":"Borocz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Centre, Department of Immunology and Biotechnology, University of P\u00e9cs Medical School, 7624 P\u00e9cs, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Nemeth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Centre, Department of Immunology and Biotechnology, University of P\u00e9cs Medical School, 7624 P\u00e9cs, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Timea","family":"Berki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Centre, Department of Immunology and Biotechnology, University of P\u00e9cs Medical School, 7624 P\u00e9cs, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"141","article-title":"Impact of vaccination on vaccine-preventable disease burden in Croatia","volume":"114","author":"Kaic","year":"2012","journal-title":"Period. 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