Preliminary findings indicate nosocomial transmission and Roma population as most affected group in ongoing measles B3 genotype outbreak in Bulgaria, March to August 2017

From March to August 2017, 165 measles cases were reported from three regions in Bulgaria. The age range was 0−55 years and 66% of the cases were under 9 years. The Roma population was disproportionally affected (89% of cases), 41% cases were unvaccinated and in 24 cases there was nosocomial transmi...

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Autores principales: Kurchatova, Anna, Krumova, Stefka, Vladimirova, Nadezhda, Nikolaeva-Glomb, Lubomira, Stoyanova, Asya, Kantardjiev, Todor, Gatcheva, Nina
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/PMC5685209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28920573
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.36.30611
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author Kurchatova, Anna
Krumova, Stefka
Vladimirova, Nadezhda
Nikolaeva-Glomb, Lubomira
Stoyanova, Asya
Kantardjiev, Todor
Gatcheva, Nina
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Krumova, Stefka
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Nikolaeva-Glomb, Lubomira
Stoyanova, Asya
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description From March to August 2017, 165 measles cases were reported from three regions in Bulgaria. The age range was 0−55 years and 66% of the cases were under 9 years. The Roma population was disproportionally affected (89% of cases), 41% cases were unvaccinated and in 24 cases there was nosocomial transmission mostly in paediatric departments. A child under 12 months of age died. Control measures have been taken and the investigation is still ongoing.
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spelling pubmed-56852092017-12-01 Preliminary findings indicate nosocomial transmission and Roma population as most affected group in ongoing measles B3 genotype outbreak in Bulgaria, March to August 2017 Kurchatova, Anna Krumova, Stefka Vladimirova, Nadezhda Nikolaeva-Glomb, Lubomira Stoyanova, Asya Kantardjiev, Todor Gatcheva, Nina Euro Surveill Rapid Communication From March to August 2017, 165 measles cases were reported from three regions in Bulgaria. The age range was 0−55 years and 66% of the cases were under 9 years. The Roma population was disproportionally affected (89% of cases), 41% cases were unvaccinated and in 24 cases there was nosocomial transmission mostly in paediatric departments. A child under 12 months of age died. Control measures have been taken and the investigation is still ongoing. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5685209/ /pubmed/28920573 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.36.30611 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
Kurchatova, Anna
Krumova, Stefka
Vladimirova, Nadezhda
Nikolaeva-Glomb, Lubomira
Stoyanova, Asya
Kantardjiev, Todor
Gatcheva, Nina
Preliminary findings indicate nosocomial transmission and Roma population as most affected group in ongoing measles B3 genotype outbreak in Bulgaria, March to August 2017
title Preliminary findings indicate nosocomial transmission and Roma population as most affected group in ongoing measles B3 genotype outbreak in Bulgaria, March to August 2017
title_full Preliminary findings indicate nosocomial transmission and Roma population as most affected group in ongoing measles B3 genotype outbreak in Bulgaria, March to August 2017
title_fullStr Preliminary findings indicate nosocomial transmission and Roma population as most affected group in ongoing measles B3 genotype outbreak in Bulgaria, March to August 2017
title_full_unstemmed Preliminary findings indicate nosocomial transmission and Roma population as most affected group in ongoing measles B3 genotype outbreak in Bulgaria, March to August 2017
title_short Preliminary findings indicate nosocomial transmission and Roma population as most affected group in ongoing measles B3 genotype outbreak in Bulgaria, March to August 2017
title_sort preliminary findings indicate nosocomial transmission and roma population as most affected group in ongoing measles b3 genotype outbreak in bulgaria, march to august 2017
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5685209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28920573
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.36.30611
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