Measles among healthcare workers: a potential for nosocomial outbreaks

Publié le 04 avril 2011 • Catégorie(s) : En accès libre, Risques biologiques • Mot(s) clef(s) : rougeole

Auteur E Botelho-Nevers
Auteur N Cassir
Auteur P Minodier
Auteur R Laporte
Auteur P Gautret
Auteur S Badiaga
Auteur D J Thiberville
Auteur L Ninove
Auteur R Charrel
Auteur P Brouqui
Résumé We report here 14 cases of measles among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Public Hospitals of Marseilles, France that occurred between April and November 2010. All cases but one were under 30 years of age. Following the identification of these cases, we checked the immune status among 154 HCWs who volunteered to take part in the study and showed that 93% and 88% were immune against measles and mumps respectively. HCWs non-immunised against measles were all under 30 years of age.
Publication Euro Surveillance: Bulletin Européen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin
Volume 16
Numéro 2
Date Jan 13, 2011