Summer music and arts festivals as hot spots for measles transmission: experience from England and Wales, June to October 2016

We report 52 cases of measles linked to music and arts festivals in England and Wales, between mid-June and mid-October 2016. Nearly half were aged 15 to 19 years. Several individuals who acquired measles at one festival subsequently attended another festival while infectious, resulting in multiple...

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Autores principales: le Polain de Waroux, Olivier, Saliba, Vanessa, Cottrell, Simon, Young, Nick, Perry, Malorie, Bukasa, Antoaneta, Ramsay, Mary, Brown, Kevin, Amirthalingam, Gayatri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2016
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881230
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.44.30390
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Sumario:We report 52 cases of measles linked to music and arts festivals in England and Wales, between mid-June and mid-October 2016. Nearly half were aged 15 to 19 years. Several individuals who acquired measles at one festival subsequently attended another festival while infectious, resulting in multiple interlinked outbreaks. Transmission within festivals resulted in a geographical spread of cases nationally as well as internationally, which presents particular challenges for measles control.

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