An outbreak of measles associated with an international dog show in Slovenia, November 2014

M Grgič-Vitek; T Frelih; V Ucakar; M Fafangel; O Jordan Markocic; K Prosenc; A Kraigher

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.3.21012

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An outbreak of measles associated with an international dog show in Slovenia, November 2014
M Grgič-Vitek¹ , T Frelih¹ , V Ucakar¹ , M Fafangel^2,3 , O Jordan Markocic⁴ , K Prosenc⁵ , A Kraigher¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Communicable Diseases Centre, National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), Ljubljana, Slovenia ² Regional Unit Nova Gorica, NIJZ, Nova Gorica, Slovenia ³ European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ⁴ Regional Unit Ljubljana, NIJZ, Ljubljana, Slovenia ⁵ Laboratory for Public Health Virology, National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food (NLZOH), Ljubljana, Slovenia

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M Grgič-Vitek
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Citation style for this article: Grgič-Vitek M, Frelih T, Ucakar V, Fafangel M, Jordan Markocic O, Prosenc K, Kraigher A. An outbreak of measles associated with an international dog show in Slovenia, November 2014. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(3):pii=21012. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.3.21012 Received: 31 Dec 2014

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Abstract

In Slovenia, where measles virus had not been circulating for many years, an outbreak of measles among visitors of an international dog show occurred in November 2014. We identified 23 measles cases plus 21 presumable secondary and tertiary cases. Thirty-nine cases were adults, 27 to 56 years-old, 12 of them vaccinated with two doses. Five were unvaccinated children. Thanks to high vaccination coverage (95.3% in birth cohort 2011) wider transmission is not expected in Slovenia.