Simultaneous chickenpox and measles infection among migrant children who stayed in Italy during the second half of June 2011

We are reporting on a household outbreak of measles, in which cases of simultaneous measles and chickenpox infection occured in children of a family who resided in Italy during the incubation period (June 2011). In three children, fever and generalized confluent macular rash were the dominant sympto...

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Autores principales: Ivić-Hofman, Igor, Cvitković, Ante, Kaić, Bernard, Vilibić-Čavlek, Tatjana, Pandak, Nenad, Marić, Zorana, Jurić, Dragana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765354
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e113
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Sumario:We are reporting on a household outbreak of measles, in which cases of simultaneous measles and chickenpox infection occured in children of a family who resided in Italy during the incubation period (June 2011). In three children, fever and generalized confluent macular rash were the dominant symptoms. Serology testing revealed simultaneous measles and chickenpox infection in four children.

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