Giuseppe
Emeritus
Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010 (Abstract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 50, 16 December 2010
Rapid communications
Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010
G Pfaff 1, D Lohr 1, S Santibanez 2, A Mankertz 2, U van Treeck 3, K Sch?nberger 4, W Hautmann 4
1. Baden-Wuerttemberg State Health Office, District of Stuttgart Government, Stuttgart, Germany
2. National Reference Centre for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (NRC MMR), Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany
3. NRW Institute of Health and Work, D?sseldorf, Germany
4. Bavarian Health and Food Safety Agency, Oberschlei?heim, Germany
Citation style for this article: Pfaff G, Lohr D, Santibanez S, Mankertz A, van Treeck U, Sch?nberger K, Hautmann W. Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(50)
ii=19750. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19750
Date of submission: 13 December 2010
In September and October 2010, 13 primary measles cases were identified among unvaccinated persons aged between 9 and 32 years (median: 16.5) in 11 districts in Germany. All cases had attended meetings in Taiz?, France. This outbreak illustrates the risk of long distance spread of infectious diseases associated with international mass gatherings, and underlines the importance of closing immunisation gaps against measles by vaccinating non-immune adolescents and young adults.
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 50, 16 December 2010
Rapid communications
Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010
G Pfaff 1, D Lohr 1, S Santibanez 2, A Mankertz 2, U van Treeck 3, K Sch?nberger 4, W Hautmann 4
1. Baden-Wuerttemberg State Health Office, District of Stuttgart Government, Stuttgart, Germany
2. National Reference Centre for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (NRC MMR), Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany
3. NRW Institute of Health and Work, D?sseldorf, Germany
4. Bavarian Health and Food Safety Agency, Oberschlei?heim, Germany
Citation style for this article: Pfaff G, Lohr D, Santibanez S, Mankertz A, van Treeck U, Sch?nberger K, Hautmann W. Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(50)
ii=19750. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19750Date of submission: 13 December 2010
In September and October 2010, 13 primary measles cases were identified among unvaccinated persons aged between 9 and 32 years (median: 16.5) in 11 districts in Germany. All cases had attended meetings in Taiz?, France. This outbreak illustrates the risk of long distance spread of infectious diseases associated with international mass gatherings, and underlines the importance of closing immunisation gaps against measles by vaccinating non-immune adolescents and young adults.
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