Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010

G Pfaff; D Lohr; S Santibanez; A Mankertz; U van Treeck; K Schönberger; W Hautmann

doi:10.2807/ese.15.50.19750-en

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Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010
G Pfaff ¹ , D Lohr¹ , S Santibanez² , A Mankertz² , U van Treeck³ , K Schönberger⁴ , W Hautmann⁴
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Affiliations: ¹ Baden-Wuerttemberg State Health Office, District of Stuttgart Government, Stuttgart, Germany ² National Reference Centre for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (NRC MMR), Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany ³ NRW Institute of Health and Work, Düsseldorf, Germany ⁴ Bavarian Health and Food Safety Agency, Oberschleißheim, Germany

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G Pfaff
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Citation style for this article: Pfaff G, Lohr D, Santibanez S, Mankertz A, van Treeck U, Schönberger K, Hautmann W. Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(50):pii=19750. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.50.19750-en Received: 13 Dec 2010

Abstract

In September and October 2010, 13 primary measles cases were identified among unvaccinated persons aged between 9 and 32 years (median: 16.5) in 11 districts in Germany. All cases had attended meetings in Taizé, France. This outbreak illustrates the risk of long distance spread of infectious diseases associated with international mass gatherings, and underlines the importance of closing immunisation gaps against measles by vaccinating non-immune adolescents and young adults. .