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A Measles Outbreak in a Local Children’s Hospital in Korea, 2019
A measles outbreak with 20 confirmed cases occurred at a local children’s hospital in Daejeon from March 28 to April 21, 2019. The index patient was a 7-month-old girl with a recent history of travel to Vietnam. Contact tracing, active surveillance, and post-exposure prophylaxis were conducted by he...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9842485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36647221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e28 |
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author | So, Hyejin Kim, Kyung Min Bae, Eun Young Cho, Eun Young |
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description | A measles outbreak with 20 confirmed cases occurred at a local children’s hospital in Daejeon from March 28 to April 21, 2019. The index patient was a 7-month-old girl with a recent history of travel to Vietnam. Contact tracing, active surveillance, and post-exposure prophylaxis were conducted by health authorities. Among the 20 patients, 11 (55%) were infants (0–11 months of age), three (15%) were aged 1–3 years, one (5%) was aged 4 years, and five (25%) were adults. Fifteen (75%) patients did not have a history of measles vaccination, and five (25%) had received only one vaccine dose. This study described the importance of prompt application of infection control measures in susceptible environments, including hospitals. Age-appropriate vaccination and providing information on infectious diseases to international travelers and multicultural families in Korea is vital. |
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spelling | pubmed-98424852023-01-30 A Measles Outbreak in a Local Children’s Hospital in Korea, 2019 So, Hyejin Kim, Kyung Min Bae, Eun Young Cho, Eun Young J Korean Med Sci Brief Communication A measles outbreak with 20 confirmed cases occurred at a local children’s hospital in Daejeon from March 28 to April 21, 2019. The index patient was a 7-month-old girl with a recent history of travel to Vietnam. Contact tracing, active surveillance, and post-exposure prophylaxis were conducted by health authorities. Among the 20 patients, 11 (55%) were infants (0–11 months of age), three (15%) were aged 1–3 years, one (5%) was aged 4 years, and five (25%) were adults. Fifteen (75%) patients did not have a history of measles vaccination, and five (25%) had received only one vaccine dose. This study described the importance of prompt application of infection control measures in susceptible environments, including hospitals. Age-appropriate vaccination and providing information on infectious diseases to international travelers and multicultural families in Korea is vital. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2023-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9842485/ /pubmed/36647221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e28 Text en © 2023 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Communication So, Hyejin Kim, Kyung Min Bae, Eun Young Cho, Eun Young A Measles Outbreak in a Local Children’s Hospital in Korea, 2019 |
title | A Measles Outbreak in a Local Children’s Hospital in Korea, 2019 |
title_full | A Measles Outbreak in a Local Children’s Hospital in Korea, 2019 |
title_fullStr | A Measles Outbreak in a Local Children’s Hospital in Korea, 2019 |
title_full_unstemmed | A Measles Outbreak in a Local Children’s Hospital in Korea, 2019 |
title_short | A Measles Outbreak in a Local Children’s Hospital in Korea, 2019 |
title_sort | measles outbreak in a local children’s hospital in korea, 2019 |
topic | Brief Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9842485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36647221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e28 |
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