Elidio, GA;
França, GVAD;
Pacheco, FC;
Ferreira, MM;
Pinheiro, JDS;
Campos, EN;
Cláudio de Albuquerque, B;
... Guilhem, DB; + view all
(2019)
Measles outbreak: preliminary report on a case series of the first 8,070 suspected cases, Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, February to November 2018.
Eurosurveillance
, 24
(2)
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.2.1800663.
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Abstract
We report an ongoing measles outbreak in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. As at 3 November 2018, 1,631 cases were confirmed corresponding to an incidence of 75.3 per 100,000 inhabitants; all five sanitary districts presented confirmed cases. Reintroduction of measles virus in Manaus is likely related to the current outbreak in Venezuela and due to recent decline in measles vaccine coverage. Given the current scenario, prevention and control measures should target individuals aged 15-29 years.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Measles outbreak: preliminary report on a case series of the first 8,070 suspected cases, Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, February to November 2018 |
| Location: | Sweden |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.2.1800663 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.2.180... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | 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 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | America, Brazil, airborne infections, communicable diseases, disease outbreaks, epidemiology, measles, outbreaks, viral infections |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10068040 |
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