Notes From the Field: Measles Transmission Associated With International Air Travel—Massachusetts and New York, July—August 2010

On July 8, 2010, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) notified CDC of a case of laboratory-confirmed measles in an unvaccinated airline passenger aged 23 months. The child had arrived hours earlier on a flight from Switzerland and was contagious during the flight. After obtaining the...

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 304; no. 15; p. 1667
Main Authors Cocoros, N, Hernandez, R, Harrington, N, Rausch-Phung, E, Schulte, CR, Blog, D, Gallagher, K, Klevos, A, Kim, C, Marano, N, Alvarado-Ramy, F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Medical Association 20.10.2010
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Disease transmission
Measles
Public health
United States > US
Massachusetts
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Summary:On July 8, 2010, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) notified CDC of a case of laboratory-confirmed measles in an unvaccinated airline passenger aged 23 months. The child had arrived hours earlier on a flight from Switzerland and was contagious during the flight. After obtaining the flight manifest, CDC shared locating information with relevant state health departments; of 31 passengers considered exposed, 29 were notified. On Jul 28, the New York State Department of Health notified CDC and MDPH that one of the airline contacts had developed laboratory-confirmed measles. The ill traveler came to the US as a chaperone for students from Europe and Asia attending art educational program. During Jul 20-23 while contagious and before being isolated, he exposed 270 students and counselors in Massachusetts and New York.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598