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