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. 2015 Aug;21(8):1444-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid2108.141105.

Extensive Nosocomial Transmission of Measles Originating in Cruise Ship Passenger, Sardinia, Italy, 2014

Antonietta Filia, Antonino Bella, Giovanna Cadeddu, Maria Rafaela Milia, Martina Del Manso, Maria Cristina Rota, Fabio Magurano, Loredana Nicoletti, Silvia Declich

Extensive Nosocomial Transmission of Measles Originating in Cruise Ship Passenger, Sardinia, Italy, 2014

Antonietta Filia et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

We report a measles outbreak in Sardinia, Italy, that originated in a cruise ship passenger. The outbreak showed extensive nosocomial transmission (44 of 80 cases). To minimize nosocomial transmission, health care facilities should ensure that susceptible health care workers are vaccinated against measles and should implement effective infection control procedures.

Keywords: Italy; Sardinia; cruise ship passenger; infection control; measles; measles virus; nosocomial transmission; outbreak; viruses.

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Number of primary and secondary cases (n = 136), by week of rash onset, during a measles outbreak that originated in a cruise ship passenger, including cases reported in a secondary outbreak, Sardinia, Italy, February–July 2014.
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