A unique measles B3 cluster in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands linked to air travel and transit at a large international airport, February to April 2014

This report describes a joint measles outbreak investigation between public health officials in the United Kingdom (UK) and the Netherlands following detection of a measles cluster with a unique measles virus strain. From 1 February to 30 April 2014, 33 measles cases with a unique measles virus stra...

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Published in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 21; no. 13; p. 1
Main Authors:	Nic Lochlainn, Laura, Mandal, Sema, de Sousa, Rita, Paranthaman, Karthik, van Binnendijk, Rob, Ramsay, Mary, Hahné, Susan, Brown, Kevin E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 31.03.2016
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Air Travel Airports Child Child, Preschool Cluster Analysis Contact Tracing Disease Outbreaks Epidemics Epidemiology Genotype Humans Infant Internationality Male Measles Measles - epidemiology Measles - transmission Measles virus - classification Measles virus - isolation & purification Middle Aged Netherlands - epidemiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Sequence Analysis United Kingdom - epidemiology Viral infections Viruses Young Adult United Kingdom > UK Netherlands Philippines Outbreaks vaccine-preventable diseases travel Measles/prevention & control Measles/epidemiology Measles/transmission
ISSN:	1560-7917, 1025-496X, 1560-7917
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