title: Varicella outbreak in Sudanese refugees from Calais.
abstract: We describe an outbreak of varicella in 31 Sudanese refugees (all except one were male, mean age: 26 ± 1), from the Calais migrant camp and sheltered in a French transit area. The attack rate was 39%. Adults are scantly immunized against varicella zoster virus in East Africa and may be exposed to epidemics once in France.
authors.affiliation: Service Des Maladies Infectieuses Et Tropicales, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.|UMR CNRS 6023 Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement (LMGE), Clermont University, Université D'Auvergne, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lesens
authors.affiliation: Service d'hygiène hospitalière, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.|Antenne Régionale Auvergne de lutte contre les infections nosocomiales, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baud
authors.affiliation: Service de virologie, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.|EA-4843 EPIE, Université d'Auvergne.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Henquell
authors.affiliation: Service Des Maladies Infectieuses Et Tropicales, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lhermet Nurse
authors.affiliation: Service Des Maladies Infectieuses Et Tropicales, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beytout
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012036:Refugees; D013397:Sudan; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine
keywords: Varicella; chiken pox; outbreak; refugee; varicella Zoster Virus