Imported measles and implications for its elimination in Taiwan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Aug;17(8):1523-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1708.100800.

Abstract

During November 2008-May 2009, an outbreak of 53 measles cases occurred in Taiwan. Of these, 3 cases were sporadic, and the other 50 cases could be grouped into 8 clusters by genetic analysis. We determined 7 H1 genotypes linked to importation and 1 G3 genotype linked to an untraceable source.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Measles / epidemiology*
  • Measles / prevention & control*
  • Measles / virology
  • Measles Vaccine / administration & dosage
  • Measles virus / classification
  • Measles virus / genetics*
  • Measles virus / isolation & purification
  • Phylogeny
  • Taiwan / epidemiology
  • Travel*
  • Vaccination / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Measles Vaccine