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Despite the introduction of safe, effective vaccines decades ago and joint global public health efforts to eliminate measles, this vaccine-preventable disease continues to pose threats to children’s health worldwide. During 2013 and 2014, measles virus was introduced into Denmark through several independent importations. This resulted in a number of secondary cases (n = 7), with two clusters in 2013 and one in 2014. In total, there were 44 cases of measles. Most cases (n = 41) were laboratory confirmed by detection of measles virus genome by real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and IgM antibodies. The viruses from confirmed cases were genotyped by sequencing. Only one genotype circulated each year, i.e. D8 and B3, respectively. Sequencing of measles virus from different clinical specimens from the same patients revealed that sequence variants of measles viruses might co-exist and co-transmit during an outbreak. The majority of the cases were unvaccinated (n = 27) or recipients of one dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine (n = 7). In addition, two fully vaccinated adult cases were reported in 2014. We demonstrate the transmission of measles virus in a population in which the two-dose MMR vaccination coverage rate was 80% and how even vaccinated individuals may be at risk of contracting measles once transmission has been established.

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Phylogenetic and epidemiological analysis of measles outbreaks in Denmark, 2013 to 2014
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Lasse+Dam+Rasmussen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rasmussen Lasse Dam</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jannik+Fonager&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fonager Jannik</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lisbet+Krause+Knudsen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Knudsen Lisbet Krause</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Peter+Henrik+Senten+Andersen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Andersen Peter Henrik Senten</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jesper+R%C3%B8nn&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rønn Jesper</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mille+Weismann+Poulsen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Poulsen Mille Weismann</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Kristina+Tr%C3%A6holt+Franck&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Franck Kristina Træholt</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Thea+K%C3%B8lsen+Fischer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fischer Thea Kølsen</a></span>. Phylogenetic and epidemiological analysis of measles outbreaks in Denmark, 2013 to 2014. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2015;20(39):pii=30027. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.39.30027" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.39.30027</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 17 Jun 2015;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 22 Sept 2015 </span> </p>
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