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Coordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022–January 2023

Authors :
Noemí López-Perea
Silvia Rivera Ariza
María Magdalena Salom Castell
Conchita Izquierdo Gómez
Montserrat Guillaumes
Aurora Fernández-García
Juan E. Echevarría
María Mar Mosquera
Lourdes Oliva Íñiguez
Ana Delia Cebollada Gracia
Virtudes Gallardo García
María Victoria García Rivera
Bernardo Guzmán Herrador
Isabel Huertas-Zarco
María del Carmen Pacheco Martínez
Inmaculada Rodero Garduño
Oscar Paz Montero
Berta Suárez Rodríguez
Josefa Masa-Calles
Source :
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 62, Iss , Pp 102768- (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2024.

Abstract

Contact tracing of individual exposed to any infectious measles case deserves special attention when in the country the disease is mostly imported. We present the coordinated public health actions triggered after reporting a suspected measles case in an aircraft. Spanish public health authorities and airlines responded promptly to allow a rapid contact tracing. Even one secondary measles case was reported no further transmission was identified, revealing that giving PEP and appropriate information help to avoid transmission and to maintain measles elimination in Spain.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18730442
Volume :
62
Issue :
102768-
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.206484f75841618a2dc464eb848080
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102768