Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 19, Issue 10, 13 March 2014
Rapid communications
Measles outbreak on a cruise ship in the western Mediterranean, February 2014, preliminary report
S Lanini<SUP>1</SUP>, M R Capobianchi <SUP>1</SUP>, V Puro<SUP>1</SUP>, A Filia<SUP>2</SUP>, M Del Manso<SUP>2</SUP>, T K?rki<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, L Nicoletti<SUP>4</SUP>, F Magurano<SUP>4</SUP>, T Derrough<SUP>5</SUP>, E Severi<SUP>5</SUP>, S Bonfigli<SUP>6</SUP>, F N Lauria<SUP>1</SUP>, G Ippolito<SUP>1</SUP>, L Vellucci<SUP>6</SUP>, M G Pompa<SUP>6</SUP>, the Central task force for the measles outbreak<SUP>7</SUP>
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<SUP>1</SUP>National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) ?Lazzaro Spallanzani? Rome, Italy - 2 Istituto Superiore di Sanit? (ISS), National Centre for Epidemiology Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy (CNESPS) - 3 European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden - 4 Istituto Superiore di Sanit? (ISS), Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Rome, Italy - 5 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ? 6 Ministry of Health, Directorate General for Prevention, Rome, Italy - 7 The members of the Central Task Force for the measles outbreak are listed at the end of the article
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Citation style for this article: Lanini S, Capobianchi MR, Puro V, Filia A, Del Manso M, K?rki T, Nicoletti L, Magurano F, Derrough T, Severi E, Bonfigli S, Lauria FN, Ippolito G, Vellucci L, Pompa MG, the Central task force for the measles outbreak. Measles outbreak on a cruise ship in the western Mediterranean, February 2014, preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(10)
ii=20735. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20735
Date of submission: 12 March 2014
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A measles outbreak occurred in February 2014 on a ship cruising the western Mediterranean Sea. Overall 27 cases were reported: 21 crew members, four passengers. For two cases the status crew or passenger was unknown. Genotype B3 was identified. Because of different nationalities of cases and persons on board, the event qualified as a cross-border health threat. The Italian Ministry of Health coordinated rapid response. Alerts were posted through the Early Warning and Response System.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 19, Issue 10, 13 March 2014
Rapid communications
Measles outbreak on a cruise ship in the western Mediterranean, February 2014, preliminary report
S Lanini<SUP>1</SUP>, M R Capobianchi <SUP>1</SUP>, V Puro<SUP>1</SUP>, A Filia<SUP>2</SUP>, M Del Manso<SUP>2</SUP>, T K?rki<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, L Nicoletti<SUP>4</SUP>, F Magurano<SUP>4</SUP>, T Derrough<SUP>5</SUP>, E Severi<SUP>5</SUP>, S Bonfigli<SUP>6</SUP>, F N Lauria<SUP>1</SUP>, G Ippolito<SUP>1</SUP>, L Vellucci<SUP>6</SUP>, M G Pompa<SUP>6</SUP>, the Central task force for the measles outbreak<SUP>7</SUP>
<SUP></SUP>
<SUP>1</SUP>National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) ?Lazzaro Spallanzani? Rome, Italy - 2 Istituto Superiore di Sanit? (ISS), National Centre for Epidemiology Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy (CNESPS) - 3 European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden - 4 Istituto Superiore di Sanit? (ISS), Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Rome, Italy - 5 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ? 6 Ministry of Health, Directorate General for Prevention, Rome, Italy - 7 The members of the Central Task Force for the measles outbreak are listed at the end of the article
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Citation style for this article: Lanini S, Capobianchi MR, Puro V, Filia A, Del Manso M, K?rki T, Nicoletti L, Magurano F, Derrough T, Severi E, Bonfigli S, Lauria FN, Ippolito G, Vellucci L, Pompa MG, the Central task force for the measles outbreak. Measles outbreak on a cruise ship in the western Mediterranean, February 2014, preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(10)
ii=20735. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20735 Date of submission: 12 March 2014
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A measles outbreak occurred in February 2014 on a ship cruising the western Mediterranean Sea. Overall 27 cases were reported: 21 crew members, four passengers. For two cases the status crew or passenger was unknown. Genotype B3 was identified. Because of different nationalities of cases and persons on board, the event qualified as a cross-border health threat. The Italian Ministry of Health coordinated rapid response. Alerts were posted through the Early Warning and Response System.
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