Publication: Measles outbreak in Andalusia, Spain, January to August 2011.
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2012-10-12
Authors
Mayoral Cortés, JM
Pérez Morilla, E
Gallardo García, V
Navarro Marí, JM
Pérez Ruiz, M
Hermosilla, R
Díaz-Borrego, J
Rodríguez Romero, E
Ruiz Fernández, J
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Abstract
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 yearolds, 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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MeSH Terms
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Mononegavirales Infections::Paramyxoviridae Infections::Morbillivirus Infections::Measles
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Disease Outbreaks
Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Child
Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Methods::Contact Tracing
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Cluster Analysis
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Disease Outbreaks
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Public Health Practice::Communicable Disease Control::Disease Notification
Medical Subject Headings::Geographicals::Geographic Locations::Europe::Spain
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Disease Outbreaks
Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Child
Medical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Methods::Contact Tracing
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Cluster Analysis
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Disease Outbreaks
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Public Health Practice::Communicable Disease Control::Disease Notification
Medical Subject Headings::Geographicals::Geographic Locations::Europe::Spain
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Keywords
Sarampión, Brotes de enfermedades, Vigilancia epidemiológica, Trazado de contacto, Andalucía
Citation
Mayoral Cortés JM, Pérez Morilla E, Gallardo García V, Navarro Marí JM, Pérez Ruiz M, Hermosilla R, et al. Measles outbreak in Andalusia, Spain, January to August 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(42):pii=20300