Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017

We report a measles outbreak in two Portuguese health regions (Algarve and Lisbon and the Tagus Valley) since February 2017, and which by 31 May resulted in 28 confirmed cases, of which 16 were unvaccinated. Thirteen cases were healthcare workers. One unvaccinated teenager died. Genotype B3 was iden...

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Autores principales: George, Francisco, Valente, João, Augusto, Gonçalo F, Silva, Andreia J, Pereira, Natália, Fernandes, Teresa, Palminha, Paula, Aguiar, Bárbara A, Martins, António, Santos, Estêvão, Valente, Paula, Calé, Etelvina, Leça, Ana, Nogueira, Paulo J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28661392
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.23.30548
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author George, Francisco
Valente, João
Augusto, Gonçalo F
Silva, Andreia J
Pereira, Natália
Fernandes, Teresa
Palminha, Paula
Aguiar, Bárbara A
Martins, António
Santos, Estêvão
Valente, Paula
Calé, Etelvina
Leça, Ana
Nogueira, Paulo J
author_facet George, Francisco
Valente, João
Augusto, Gonçalo F
Silva, Andreia J
Pereira, Natália
Fernandes, Teresa
Palminha, Paula
Aguiar, Bárbara A
Martins, António
Santos, Estêvão
Valente, Paula
Calé, Etelvina
Leça, Ana
Nogueira, Paulo J
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description We report a measles outbreak in two Portuguese health regions (Algarve and Lisbon and the Tagus Valley) since February 2017, and which by 31 May resulted in 28 confirmed cases, of which 16 were unvaccinated. Thirteen cases were healthcare workers. One unvaccinated teenager died. Genotype B3 was identified in 14 cases from both regions. This outbreak occurs after 12 years without endemic measles transmission, and in a context of high measles vaccination coverage and immunity.
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spelling pubmed-54799802017-06-30 Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017 George, Francisco Valente, João Augusto, Gonçalo F Silva, Andreia J Pereira, Natália Fernandes, Teresa Palminha, Paula Aguiar, Bárbara A Martins, António Santos, Estêvão Valente, Paula Calé, Etelvina Leça, Ana Nogueira, Paulo J Euro Surveill Rapid Communication We report a measles outbreak in two Portuguese health regions (Algarve and Lisbon and the Tagus Valley) since February 2017, and which by 31 May resulted in 28 confirmed cases, of which 16 were unvaccinated. Thirteen cases were healthcare workers. One unvaccinated teenager died. Genotype B3 was identified in 14 cases from both regions. This outbreak occurs after 12 years without endemic measles transmission, and in a context of high measles vaccination coverage and immunity. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5479980/ /pubmed/28661392 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.23.30548 Text en This article is copyright of The Authors, 2017. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Rapid Communication
George, Francisco
Valente, João
Augusto, Gonçalo F
Silva, Andreia J
Pereira, Natália
Fernandes, Teresa
Palminha, Paula
Aguiar, Bárbara A
Martins, António
Santos, Estêvão
Valente, Paula
Calé, Etelvina
Leça, Ana
Nogueira, Paulo J
Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017
title Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017
title_full Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017
title_fullStr Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017
title_full_unstemmed Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017
title_short Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017
title_sort measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, portugal, february to may 2017
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28661392
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.23.30548
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