Spotlight on measles 2010: Ongoing measles outbreak in Northern Ireland following an imported case, September-October 2010

R Smithson; N Irvine; C Hutton; L Doherty; A Watt

doi:10.2807/ese.15.43.19698-en

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Spotlight on measles 2010: Ongoing measles outbreak in Northern Ireland following an imported case, September-October 2010
R Smithson¹ , N Irvine¹ , C Hutton¹ , L Doherty¹ , A Watt²
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Affiliations: ¹ Health Protection Service, Public Health Agency, Belfast, Northern Ireland ² Regional Virology Service, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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R Smithson
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Citation style for this article: Smithson R, Irvine N, Hutton C, Doherty L, Watt A. Spotlight on measles 2010: Ongoing measles outbreak in Northern Ireland following an imported case, September-October 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(43):pii=19698. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.43.19698-en Received: 25 Oct 2010

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Abstract

We report an ongoing outbreak of measles with five laboratory-confirmed and four epidemiologically linked cases in Northern Ireland as at 26 October 2010. The index case was an unvaccinated non-Northern Ireland resident with subsequent genotyping suggesting that infection originated in the usual country of residence of this case. Confirmed cases include one patient with a history of two measles-mumps-rubella vaccine doses.