Healthcare-Associated Measles After a Nationwide Outbreak in Mongolia
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DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy067
Abstract: Measles virus is highly infectious and can spread rapidly where vaccine coverage is low and isolation precautions suboptimal. We describe healthcare-associated measles transmission during the 2015-2016 measles outbreak in Mongolia, describe infection prevention gaps, and… read more here.
Keywords: nationwide outbreak; associated measles; measles nationwide; outbreak mongolia ... See more keywords
Area deprivation is inversely associated with measles incidence: A spatiotemporal analysis in Germany
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DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.864
Abstract: Although measles is endemic in all WHO European regions, very few studies have directly analysed socioeconomic inequalities in disease incidence of measles. We examined the spatiotemporal association between socioeconomic deprivation and measles incidence considering relevant… read more here.
Keywords: risk; measles incidence; area; deprivation ... See more keywords
Vaccine-Associated Measles Encephalitis in Immunocompromised Child, California, USA
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DOI: 10.3201/eid2804.212357
Abstract: We report a fatal case of vaccine-associated measles encephalitis in an immunocompromised child in California, USA. The infection was confirmed by whole-genome RNA sequencing of measles virus from brain tissue. We observed biased matrix-gene hypermutation… read more here.
Keywords: child california; immunocompromised child; measles encephalitis; associated measles ... See more keywords