Measles outbreak linked to European B3 outbreaks, Wales, United Kingdom, 2017

Euro Surveill. 2017 Oct;22(42):17-00673. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.42.17-00673.

Abstract

The United Kingdom achieved interrupted endemic measles transmission for 36 months in 2016. Despite this, ongoing challenges from sporadic measles cases typically imported from abroad remain. We summarise a B3 measles genotype outbreak in south-east Wales occurring between May and September 2017, linked with other European outbreaks, and lessons learnt. Seventeen confirmed cases and one probable case occurred principally in education and healthcare-settings. Six confirmed cases attended healthcare settings when infectious, without being isolated.

Keywords: United Kingdom; Wales; air-borne infections; measles; outbreaks; viral infections.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Contact Tracing
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Measles / diagnosis
  • Measles / epidemiology*
  • Measles / prevention & control
  • Measles virus / classification*
  • Measles virus / genetics*
  • Measles virus / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology
  • Vaccination / statistics & numerical data
  • Wales / epidemiology