Intercountry laboratory training workshop on measles and rubella virus detection, 2–7 April 2012

An intercountry laboratory training workshop on measles and rubella virus detection, sequence and sequence analysis took place in Tunis, Tunisia, from 2 to 7 April 2012. The objectives of the meeting were to: review the measles/rubella laboratory surveillance network; support and strengthen measles and rubella laboratory network capacity on molecular epidemiology of characterization of measles and rubella viruses; and provide a valuable tool for documentation of measles and rubella viruses (indigenous versus importation) to achieve measles elimination in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.