Measles outbreak after 12 years without endemic transmission, Portugal, February to May 2017.

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Author	George, Francisco Valente, João Augusto, Gonçalo F Silva, Andreia J Pereira, Natália Fernandes, Teresa Palminha, Paula Aguiar, Bárbara A Martins, António Santos, Estêvão Valente, Paula Calé, Etelvina Leça, Ana Nogueira, Paulo J
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	We report a measles outbreak in two Portuguese health regions (Algarve and Lisbon and the Tagus Valley) since February 2017, and which by 31 May resulted in 28 confirmed cases, of which 16 were unvaccinated. Thirteen cases were healthcare workers. One unvaccinated teenager died. Genotype B3 was identified in 14 cases from both regions. This outbreak occurs after 12 years without endemic measles transmission, and in a context of high measles vaccination coverage and immunity.
ISSN	1025496X
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume Number	22
PubMed Central reference number	PMC5479980
Issue Number	23
PubMed reference number	28661392
e-ISSN	15607917
DOI	10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.23.30548
Language	English
Publisher	European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Publisher Date	2017-06-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made. This article is copyright of The Authors, 2017.
Subject Keyword	Portugal viral infections measles measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine outbreaks surveillance epidemiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Virology Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology