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Abstract

We describe a nosocomial outbreak of measles that occurred in an Italian hospital during the first months of 2017, involving 35 persons and including healthcare workers, support personnel working in the hospital, visitors and community contacts. Late diagnosis of the first case, support personnel not being promptly recognised as hospital workers and diffusion of the infection in the emergency department had a major role in sustaining this outbreak.

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A nosocomial measles outbreak in Italy, February-April 2017
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Andrea+Porretta&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Porretta Andrea</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Filippo+Quattrone&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Quattrone Filippo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Francesco+Aquino&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Aquino Francesco</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Giulio+Pieve&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pieve Giulio</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Beatrice+Bruni&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bruni Beatrice</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Giulia+Gemignani&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gemignani Giulia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maria+Linda+Vatteroni&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vatteroni Maria Linda</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mauro+Pistello&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pistello Mauro</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gaetano+Pierpaolo+Privitera&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Privitera Gaetano Pierpaolo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pier+Luigi+Lopalco&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lopalco Pier Luigi</a></span>. A nosocomial measles outbreak in Italy, February-April 2017. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(33):pii=30597. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.33.30597" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.33.30597</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 28 Jul 2017;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 10 Aug 2017 </span> </p>
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