Measles transmission in immunized and partially immunized air travellers

Publié le 05 juillet 2010 • Catégorie(s) : Risques biologiques, Vaccination • Mot(s) clef(s) : rougeole

Auteur K P Coleman
Auteur P G Markey
Résumé Most cases of measles in Australia are associated with travel or acquired from travellers from overseas. This study presents a series of three secondary cases of measles acquired through contact with a case of infectious measles acquired in China. Two of the cases were fully immunized siblings sitting eight rows behind the index case on a 4(1/2)-h flight from Singapore. The third case was acquired in the airport where the index case was in transit. The report highlights the travel-associated risk of measles and discusses the heredity of vaccine-induced measles immunity.
Publication Epidemiology and Infection
Volume 138
Numéro 7
Pages 1012-1015
Date Jul 2010