Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
J M Mayoral Cort?s (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, E P?rez Morilla<SUP>1</SUP>, V Gallardo Garc?a<SUP>1</SUP>, J M Navarro Mar?<SUP>2</SUP>, M P?rez Ruiz<SUP>2</SUP>, R Hermosilla<SUP>3</SUP>, J D?az-Borrego<SUP>3</SUP>, E Rodr?guez Romero<SUP>1</SUP>, J Ruiz Fernandez<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Mayoral Cort?s JM, P?rez Morilla E, Gallardo Garc?a V, Navarro Mar? JM, P?rez Ruiz M, Hermosilla R, D?az-Borrego J, Rodr?guez Romero E, Ruiz Fernandez J. Measles outbreak in Andalusia, Spain, January to August 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(42)
ii=20300. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20300
Date of submission: 23 January 2012 <HR>On 7 January 2011, a six year-old child living in a Roma community near Seville, southern Spain, was hospitalised with measles. Contact tracing identified a probable index case with onset of symptoms on 20 December 2011 and several unreported cases among children under the age of 15 years in the same town. The outbreak initially spread in districts in the city of Seville with a high proportion of Roma residents, and later to other cities and towns in Andalusia. While some towns experienced wide spread of the disease with significant clusters of cases, most of the affected locations saw non-clustered cases or very few secondary cases. The outbreak resulted in 1,759 confirmed or probable cases of which 393 (19%) required hospitalisation. Measles virus of genotype D4 was diagnosed in more than half of the cases. Significant differences (p<0.0001) by age group were found between clustered and non-clustered cases. The highest proportion of clustered cases occurred in the age group of 5-14 year-olds, while the highest proportion of non-clustered cases was seen in those older than 29 years. The last confirmed case related to this outbreak was reported on 20 August 2011.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 42, 18 October 2012
Surveillance and outbreak reports
Measles outbreak in Andalusia, Spain, January to August 2011
Surveillance and outbreak reports
Measles outbreak in Andalusia, Spain, January to August 2011
J M Mayoral Cort?s (
- Regional Ministry of Health of the Government of Andalusia, Seville, Spain
- Andalusian Health Service, Granada, Spain
- Andalusian Health Service, Seville, Spain
Citation style for this article: Mayoral Cort?s JM, P?rez Morilla E, Gallardo Garc?a V, Navarro Mar? JM, P?rez Ruiz M, Hermosilla R, D?az-Borrego J, Rodr?guez Romero E, Ruiz Fernandez J. Measles outbreak in Andalusia, Spain, January to August 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(42)
ii=20300. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20300 Date of submission: 23 January 2012 <HR>On 7 January 2011, a six year-old child living in a Roma community near Seville, southern Spain, was hospitalised with measles. Contact tracing identified a probable index case with onset of symptoms on 20 December 2011 and several unreported cases among children under the age of 15 years in the same town. The outbreak initially spread in districts in the city of Seville with a high proportion of Roma residents, and later to other cities and towns in Andalusia. While some towns experienced wide spread of the disease with significant clusters of cases, most of the affected locations saw non-clustered cases or very few secondary cases. The outbreak resulted in 1,759 confirmed or probable cases of which 393 (19%) required hospitalisation. Measles virus of genotype D4 was diagnosed in more than half of the cases. Significant differences (p<0.0001) by age group were found between clustered and non-clustered cases. The highest proportion of clustered cases occurred in the age group of 5-14 year-olds, while the highest proportion of non-clustered cases was seen in those older than 29 years. The last confirmed case related to this outbreak was reported on 20 August 2011.