Travellers returning with measles from Thailand to Finland, April 2012: infection control measures.
Countries with no autochthonous measles run the risk of the virus being imported by travellers and transmitted to unprotected citizens. In April 2012, two travellers from Finland and one from Estonia were diagnosed with measles after returning from Phuket, Thailand. They were contagious on their return flights and subsequently exposed several individuals, prompting extensive infection control measures. Two secondary cases were detected: one child who had received one vaccine dose and another who was fully vaccinated.
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. anu.kantele@hus.fi
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Kantele
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Valtonen
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Davidkin
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Martelius
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Võželevskaja
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Skogberg
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Liesmaa
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Lyytikäinen
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000401:Aircraft; D002648:Child; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000379:methods; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000821:virology; D018563:Disease Notification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D004957:Estonia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008457:Measles / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010343:Patient Admission; D012307:Risk Factors; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel
D008458:Measles Vaccine; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine