title: Imported measles and implications for its elimination in Taiwan.
abstract: During November 2008-May 2009, an outbreak of 53 measles cases occurred in Taiwan. Of these, 3 cases were sporadic, and the other 50 cases could be grouped into 8 clusters by genetic analysis. We determined 7 H1 genotypes linked to importation and 1 G3 genotype linked to an untraceable source.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan. yueh@cdc.gov.tw
authors.forename: Wen-Yueh
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Chen-Fu
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yu-Ting
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Shih-Chuan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hsiu-Li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hsien-Ya
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: En-Tzu
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ho-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008459:Measles virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D008458:Measles Vaccine