Responding to measles outbreaks in the United States puts a considerable strain on public health resources, and limited research exists about the effectiveness of containment strategies. In this paper we quantify the impact of isolation, contact tracing, and exclusion in reducing transmission during a measles outbreak in an under-vaccinated community.
Keywords: Wallinga-Teunis method; effectiveness of exclusion and isolation; measles outbreak; public health interventions; reproduction number.
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