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MEASLES - USA (NEW MEXICO) EX INDIA (02): IMPORTATIONS BACKGROUND
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Date: Tue 22 May 2007
Source: GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Online
Network) [edited]
<http://www.Gideononline.com>
[The following background data on cases of measles associated with
travel are abstracted from GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease and
Epidemiology Online Network). - CopyEd. MJ]
Travel and measles
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1982 - An outbreak (7 cases) among patients in a pediatrician's
office in the United States was related to an imported case from Korea.
1998 - An outbreak (69 cases, 2 hospitalized, 0 fatal) in Tuvalu was
ascribed to introduced cases among workers from Nauru.
1998 - An outbreak (33 cases) was linked to an infected visitor
arriving in Alaska, United States, from Japan.
1999 - An outbreak (75 confirmed cases) in Australia was traced to an
index case from Indonesia.
2000 - Outbreaks (78 cases, total) in Canada were linked to travel in
Mexico (6 cases), Bolivia (19 cases), and Belgium (25 cases).
2000 - An outbreak (992 cases, or 57 percent of all cases for the
Americas region) in Haiti was thought to have originated with
imported cases from the Dominican Republic.
2000 to 2001 - An outbreak (1062 cases, 0 fatal) was reported in
Tanzania among refugees from Burundi.
2001 - An outbreak (37 cases) in Venezuela was ascribed to a case
imported from Europe.
2001 - An outbreak (14 cases) in the United States was reported among
internationally adopted children.
2002 - An outbreak (1334 suspect cases; 128 confirmed) in Colombia
was traced to index patients who had acquired the disease in Venezuela.
2002 - An outbreak (13 cases) in the United States resulted from a
case imported from the Philippines.
2002 - An outbreak (6380 suspect cases; 2397 confirmed) in Venezuela
was traced to measles imported from Europe.
2003 - An outbreak (107 cases) in an unvaccinated religious community
in Israel followed introduction of an index patient from Switzerland.
2003 - An outbreak (22 cases) was reported in Mexico following
importation of measles from either Japan or Korea.
2004 - An outbreak (59 cases) was reported in Mexico following
importation of an index case from Asia.
2004 - 10 confirmed cases were identified among Chinese children
(from Hunan) arriving in the United States, and 3 Chinese children
arriving to Norway.
2005 - An outbreak (34 cases) in the United States was related to an
index case who contracted measles in Romania.
2005 to 2006 - An outbreak (27 cases) in Mexico was related to index
cases who had worked at an international airport.
2006 - An outbreak (7 cases) in Australia was related to an imported
index case.
2006 - An outbreak (15 cases) in an office building in the United
States was associated with an index case, which had arrived from India.
2006 - An outbreak (3 cases) was reported among members of an
adoption group returning to the United States from China.
2006 - An outbreak (44 cases) in Venezuela was ascribed to an index
case arriving from Spain.
2006 to 2007 - An outbreak (213 cases) in Spain followed importation
of a case from Eastern Europe.
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Communicated by:
Prof. Steve Berger
Geographic Medicine
Tel Aviv Medical Center
Israel
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
[ProMed-mail thanks Prof. Steve Berger for providing this
comprehensive list of outbreaks of imported measles infection, which
highlights the continuing risk of measles virus transmission by this
route. Several of these incidents have been reported previously in
ProMED-mail. Prof. Berger has indicated that the primary references
are available on request. - Mod.CP]
[see also:
Measles - USA (NM) ex India 20070521.1629
Measles - Switzerland (Geneva) 20070511.1513
Measles - USA (FL) 20070503.1439
Measles - Italy (Apulia) (02): background 20070405.1150
Measles - Italy (Apulia) 20070404.1146
Measles - North Korea (03) 20070325.1035
Measles - Serbia (Vojvodina) 20070316.0932
Measles, adult, adoption linked - USA ex China 20070228.0715
Measles - Spain (Catalonia) (03) 20070224.0680
Measles - North Korea (02) 20070221.0644
Measles - Kuwait (Jahra) (02) 20070216.0575
Measles - Kuwait (Jahra) 20070214.0548
Measles eradication - Worldwide: new targets 20070125.0341
Measles - Brazil (Bahia): reemergence 20070122.0297
Measles - Spain (Catalonia) (02): reemergence 20070122.0294
Measles - Tanzania (Zanzibar) (02) 20070120.0272
Measles - Tanzania (Zanzibar) 20070119.0258
Measles - UK (Scotland) (02) 20070116.0207
Measles - UK (Scotland) 20070111.0131
Measles - Spain (Catalonia) 20070111.0126
Measles - China (Guangzhou) 20070111.0122
2006
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Measles, importation related - USA: 2005 20061226.3617
Measles - Italy: Roma/Sinti population 20061012.2927
Measles, control activities - Africa: 1999-2005 20060921.2700]
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