A measles outbreak at university medical settings involving health care providers.
In 1985, a measles outbreak involved 14 students and non-student contacts in Michigan. Eight transmissions occurred at university medical facilities; five of these were likely airborne transmissions. Medical students and a medical resident were involved in the outbreak's propagation. Health care providers need to be immune to measles. Measles should be suspected in young adults with compatible illnesses; persons suspected to have measles should be placed in stringent respiratory isolation to preclude airborne transmission.
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008824:Michigan