Measles outbreak linked to an international dog show in Slovenia - primary cases and chains of transmission identified in Italy, November to December 2014

Euro Surveill. 2015 Mar 5;20(9):21050. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.9.21050.

Authors

A Filia¹, F Riccardo, M Del Manso, P D'Agaro, F Magurano, A Bella; Regional contact points for measles surveillance

Collaborators

Regional contact points for measles surveillance:
Emanuela Balocchini, Cinzia Braida, Maria Giovanna Cappelli, Ilaria Cremonesi, Vittorio Demicheli, Manuela Di Giacomo, Lorenza Ferrara, Daniel Fiacchini, Silva Franchini, Tolinda Gallo, Maria Paola Guerra, Marco Mentasti, Anna Mignuoli, Laura Moschella, Mario Palermo, Maria Grazia Pascucci, Lucia Pecori, Alessandra Piatti, Rosa Prato, Francesca Russo, Anna Tosti, Amalia Vitagliano, Francesca Zanella, Maria Grazia Zuccali

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 25764189
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.9.21050

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Crowding*
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Dogs*
Humans
Measles / transmission*
Measles / virology*
Measles virus / isolation & purification*