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Measles sparked US flight alert
By Eilish O'Regan
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Three Irish children who had measles infected two American infants on a transatlantic flight, sparking an international passenger alert.
The incident, detailed in a new report by the country's disease watchdog, led to over 300 passengers being traced earlier this year...
...The infection was passed on although the American children were seated nine and 11 rows away from the infectious Irish youngsters .
The presence of the children, whose parents were unaware they had measles at the time, posed a "significant public health threat" to fellow passengers who were not immune to the disease. The plane which travelled back and forth from Ireland to the US had 321 passengers who were potentially exposed to measles, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).
The three children from the one family, who had not received the MMR vaccine, were suffering sniffles and coughs which their parents believed were due to a cold...
Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...d-us-flight-alert-14916053.html#ixzz0x5t3ajk7
Measles sparked US flight alert
By Eilish O'Regan
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Three Irish children who had measles infected two American infants on a transatlantic flight, sparking an international passenger alert.
The incident, detailed in a new report by the country's disease watchdog, led to over 300 passengers being traced earlier this year...
...The infection was passed on although the American children were seated nine and 11 rows away from the infectious Irish youngsters .
The presence of the children, whose parents were unaware they had measles at the time, posed a "significant public health threat" to fellow passengers who were not immune to the disease. The plane which travelled back and forth from Ireland to the US had 321 passengers who were potentially exposed to measles, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).
The three children from the one family, who had not received the MMR vaccine, were suffering sniffles and coughs which their parents believed were due to a cold...
Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...d-us-flight-alert-14916053.html#ixzz0x5t3ajk7