Coordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022-January 2023
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102768
Coordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022-January 2023
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.
Keywords: Contact tracing; Flight transmission; Measles; Measles elimination; Spain.
Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
Conflict of interest statement
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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