Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 43, 27 October 2011
Rapid communications
Measles genotypes D4 and G3 reintroduced by multiple foci after 15 years without measles virus circulation, Gipuzkoa, the Basque Country, Spain, March to June 2011
G Cilla (
)<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, M Montes<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, J Artieda<SUP>3</SUP>, L Pi?eiro<SUP>1</SUP>, L Arriola<SUP>3</SUP>, E P?rez-Trallero<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Cilla G, Montes M, Artieda J, Pi?eiro L, Arriola L, P?rez-Trallero E. Measles genotypes D4 and G3 reintroduced by multiple foci after 15 years without measles virus circulation, Gipuzkoa, the Basque Country, Spain, March to June 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(43)
ii=19997. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19997
Date of submission: 17 October 2011 <HR>During a three-month period in spring 2011, 23 cases of measles occurred in seven independent outbreaks in a region in Spain with around 700,000 inhabitants, where the disease had been eliminated since 1997. High vaccination coverage and rapid diagnosis allowed implementation of containment measures and this prevented spread of the disease. Except for the first outbreak which affected 10 cases, each of the other six outbreaks caused a maximum of three secondary cases.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 43, 27 October 2011
Rapid communications
Measles genotypes D4 and G3 reintroduced by multiple foci after 15 years without measles virus circulation, Gipuzkoa, the Basque Country, Spain, March to June 2011
G Cilla (
- Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario Donostia-Instituto Biodonostia, San Sebasti?n, Spain
- Biomedical Research Centre Network for Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), San Sebasti?n, Spain
- Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa, Basque Government, and CIBERESP, San Sebasti?n, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Basque Country, San Sebasti?n, Spain
Citation style for this article: Cilla G, Montes M, Artieda J, Pi?eiro L, Arriola L, P?rez-Trallero E. Measles genotypes D4 and G3 reintroduced by multiple foci after 15 years without measles virus circulation, Gipuzkoa, the Basque Country, Spain, March to June 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(43)
ii=19997. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19997 Date of submission: 17 October 2011 <HR>During a three-month period in spring 2011, 23 cases of measles occurred in seven independent outbreaks in a region in Spain with around 700,000 inhabitants, where the disease had been eliminated since 1997. High vaccination coverage and rapid diagnosis allowed implementation of containment measures and this prevented spread of the disease. Except for the first outbreak which affected 10 cases, each of the other six outbreaks caused a maximum of three secondary cases.