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. 2017 Oct;22(42):17-00673.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.42.17-00673.

Measles outbreak linked to European B3 outbreaks, Wales, United Kingdom, 2017

Jonny Currie  1 , Llion Davies  1 , Joanne McCarthy  1 , Malorie Perry  1 , Catherine Moore  1 , Simon Cottrell  1 , Mererid Bowley  2 , Chris Williams  1 , Ananda Giri Shankar  1 , Rhianwen Stiff  1
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Measles outbreak linked to European B3 outbreaks, Wales, United Kingdom, 2017

Jonny Currie et al. Euro Surveill. 2017 Oct.

Abstract

The United Kingdom achieved interrupted endemic measles transmission for 36 months in 2016. Despite this, ongoing challenges from sporadic measles cases typically imported from abroad remain. We summarise a B3 measles genotype outbreak in south-east Wales occurring between May and September 2017, linked with other European outbreaks, and lessons learnt. Seventeen confirmed cases and one probable case occurred principally in education and healthcare-settings. Six confirmed cases attended healthcare settings when infectious, without being isolated.

Keywords: United Kingdom; Wales; air-borne infections; measles; outbreaks; viral infections.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Onset dates for cases in the outbreak, by case statusa, measles outbreak linked to European B3 outbreaks, Wales, United Kingdom, 2017 (n = 21)
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Figure 2
Contact network for cases, measles outbreak linked to European B3 outbreaks, Wales, United Kingdom, 2017 (n = 21)
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