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

Robert S van Binnendijk; Susan Hahné; Aura Timen; Gijs van Kempen; Robert H G Kohl; Hein J Boot; Katja C Wolthers; José C F M Wetsteijn; Anne de Vries; Krista Westert; Kevin E Brown; Rik L 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

Robert S van Binnendijk, Susan Hahné, Aura Timen, Gijs van Kempen, Robert H G Kohl, Hein J Boot, Katja C Wolthers, José C F M Wetsteijn, Anne de Vries, Krista Westert, Kevin E Brown, Rik L de Swart

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5775-7
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 - 29 Oct 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adult
Aviation/statistics & numerical data
Brazil
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin M/analysis
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Male
Mass Vaccination/statistics & numerical data
Measles/diagnosis
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine/immunology
Molecular Epidemiology
Netherlands/epidemiology
Occupational Exposure
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors
Travel/statistics & numerical data

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In: Vaccine, Vol. 26, No. 46, 29.10.2008, p. 5775-7.

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