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We report 52 cases of measles linked to music and arts festivals in England and Wales, between mid-June and mid-October 2016. Nearly half were aged 15 to 19 years. Several individuals who acquired measles at one festival subsequently attended another festival while infectious, resulting in multiple interlinked outbreaks. Transmission within festivals resulted in a geographical spread of cases nationally as well as internationally, which presents particular challenges for measles control.

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Summer music and arts festivals as hot spots for measles transmission: experience from England and Wales, June to October 2016
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Olivier+le+Polain+de+Waroux&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">le Polain de Waroux Olivier</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Vanessa+Saliba&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Saliba Vanessa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Simon+Cottrell&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cottrell Simon</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nick+Young&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Young Nick</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Malorie+Perry&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Perry Malorie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Antoaneta+Bukasa&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bukasa Antoaneta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mary+Ramsay&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ramsay Mary</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Kevin+Brown&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Brown Kevin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gayatri+Amirthalingam&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Amirthalingam Gayatri</a></span>. Summer music and arts festivals as hot spots for measles transmission: experience from England and Wales, June to October 2016. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2016;21(44):pii=30390. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.44.30390" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.44.30390</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 20 Sept 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 03 Nov 2016 </span> </p>
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