Travellers returning with measles from Thailand to Finland, April 2012: infection control measures

A Kantele; K Valtonen; I Davidkin; T Martelius; N Võželevskaja; K Skogberg; I Liesmaa; O Lyytikäinen

doi:10.2807/ese.17.22.20184-en

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Travellers returning with measles from Thailand to Finland, April 2012: infection control measures
A Kantele^1,2 , K Valtonen³ , I Davidkin³ , T Martelius¹ , N Võželevskaja⁴ , K Skogberg¹ , I Liesmaa¹ , O Lyytikäinen³
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland ² Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland ³ Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland ⁴ Northern Service of the Health Board, Tallinn, Estonia

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Citation style for this article: Kantele A, Valtonen K, Davidkin I, Martelius T, Võželevskaja N, Skogberg K, Liesmaa I, Lyytikäinen O. Travellers returning with measles from Thailand to Finland, April 2012: infection control measures. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(22):pii=20184. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.22.20184-en Received: 16 May 2012

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Abstract

Countries with no autochthonous measles run the risk of the virus being imported by travellers and transmitted to unprotected citizens. In April 2012, two travellers from Finland and one from Estonia were diagnosed with measles after returning from Phuket, Thailand. They were contagious on their return flights and subsequently exposed several individuals, prompting extensive infection control measures. Two secondary cases were detected: one child who had received one vaccine dose and another who was fully vaccinated.