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. 2016 Jan 15;62(2):210-2.
doi: 10.1093/cid/civ839. Epub 2015 Sep 23.

Measles in the 21st Century, a Continuing Preventable Risk to Travelers: Data From the GeoSentinel Global Network

Mark J Sotir  1 , Douglas H Esposito  1 , Elizabeth D Barnett  2 , Karin Leder  3 , Phyllis E Kozarsky  4 , Poh L Lim  5 , Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas  6 , Davidson H Hamer  7 , Susan Kuhn  8 , Bradley A Connor  9 , Rashila Pradhan  10 , Eric Caumes  11 ; GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
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Measles in the 21st Century, a Continuing Preventable Risk to Travelers: Data From the GeoSentinel Global Network

Mark J Sotir et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Measles remains a risk for travelers, with 94 measles diagnoses reported to the GeoSentinel network from 2000 to 2014, two-thirds since 2010. Asia was the most common exposure region, then Africa and Europe. Efforts to reduce travel-associated measles should target all vaccine-eligible travelers, including catch-up vaccination of susceptible adults.

Keywords: GeoSentinel; infection; measles; surveillance; travelers.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: Drs. Sotir, Esposito, Kozarsky, Lim, Pradhan, and Caumes have no declared conflicts of interest.

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Measles patients reported to GeoSentinel 2000–2014, by year and geographic region of exposure (n=89)
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