Measles outbreak in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Brazil has not had endemic circulation of the measles virus since 2000. Between May and June 2011, the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, reported three cases of measles. This report presents a descriptive study of the cases, control measures, and the search fo...

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Autores principales: Fernandes, Eder Gatti, de Oliveira, Maria Emília Braite, Fred, João, Carelli, Luzia Auxiliadora, Lima, Gisele Dias de Freitas, Sato, Helena Keico, Yu, Ana Lucia Frugis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24626560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-8910.2013047004788
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author Fernandes, Eder Gatti
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Fred, João
Carelli, Luzia Auxiliadora
Lima, Gisele Dias de Freitas
Sato, Helena Keico
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author_facet Fernandes, Eder Gatti
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description Brazil has not had endemic circulation of the measles virus since 2000. Between May and June 2011, the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, reported three cases of measles. This report presents a descriptive study of the cases, control measures, and the search for a possible source and secondary cases. The genotypic characterization of the virus identified genotype D4, circulating in Europe. Secondary cases or index case were not found. The control measures and adequate vaccination coverage in Metropolitan Region of Campinas contributed to the interruption of disease transmission.
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spelling pubmed-42061102015-01-07 Measles outbreak in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil Fernandes, Eder Gatti de Oliveira, Maria Emília Braite Fred, João Carelli, Luzia Auxiliadora Lima, Gisele Dias de Freitas Sato, Helena Keico Yu, Ana Lucia Frugis Rev Saude Publica Brief Communication Brazil has not had endemic circulation of the measles virus since 2000. Between May and June 2011, the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, reported three cases of measles. This report presents a descriptive study of the cases, control measures, and the search for a possible source and secondary cases. The genotypic characterization of the virus identified genotype D4, circulating in Europe. Secondary cases or index case were not found. The control measures and adequate vaccination coverage in Metropolitan Region of Campinas contributed to the interruption of disease transmission. Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4206110/ /pubmed/24626560 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-8910.2013047004788 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Yu, Ana Lucia Frugis
Measles outbreak in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
title Measles outbreak in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
title_full Measles outbreak in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
title_fullStr Measles outbreak in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
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title_short Measles outbreak in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
title_sort measles outbreak in the metropolitan region of campinas, sao paulo state, brazil
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24626560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-8910.2013047004788
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