Air travel as a risk factor for introduction of measles in a highly vaccinated population

RS van Binnendijk; S Hahne; A Timen; G van Kempen; RHG Kohl; HJ Boot; KC Wolthers; JCFM Wetsteijn; A de Vries; K Westert; KE Brown; Rik de Swart

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.08.048

Air travel as a risk factor for introduction of measles in a highly vaccinated population

RS van Binnendijk, S Hahne, A Timen, G van Kempen, RHG Kohl, HJ Boot, KC Wolthers, JCFM Wetsteijn, A de Vries, K Westert, KE Brown, Rik de Swart

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Abstract

Epidemiological and molecular investigation of two small measles clusters in The Netherlands in July/August 2007 revealed an association with travel by air of the index cases and nosocomial spread in the first cluster. Although these importations did not result in an outbreak among unvaccinated subjects, the observations illustrate the challenges for measles control in a country with high measles vaccination coverage (>95%) but with pockets of low coverage. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	5775-5777
Number of pages	3
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	26
Issue number	46
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.08.048
Publication status	Published - 2008

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