Simultaneous chickenpox and measles infection among migrant children who stayed in Italy during the second half of June 2011.
We are reporting on a household outbreak of measles, in which cases of simultaneous measles and chickenpox infection occured in children of a family who resided in Italy during the incubation period (June 2011). In three children, fever and generalized confluent macular rash were the dominant symptoms. Serology testing revealed simultaneous measles and chickenpox infection in four children.
Brodsko-posavska County Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod;
Igor
I
Ivić-Hofman
Brodsko-posavska County Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod;
Ante
A
Cvitković
Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology;
Bernard
B
Kaić
Croatian National Institute of Public Health,Virology Department, Zagreb;
Tatjana
T
Vilibić-Čavlek
General Hospital Dr Josip Benčević, Slavonski Brod, Croatia.
Nenad
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Pandak
Brodsko-posavska County Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod;
Zorana
Z
Marić
Brodsko-posavska County Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod;
Dragana
D
Jurić
measles infection.; simultaneous chickenpox