In-flight transmission of measles: Time to update the guidelines?

We describe 2 patients traveling in separate parties on the same flight whose presentations with measles to an Australian hospital's emergency department (ED) resulted in 2 large-scale look backs requiring considerable time and financial resources, prompting us to review the literature and guid...

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Published inAmerican journal of infection control Vol. 44; no. 8; pp. 958 - 959
Main Authors Lim, Lyn-li, MBBS, FRACP, MPH, Gr, Dip Clin Epi, Ho, Su Ann, MBBS, B Pharm, O'Reilly, Mary, MBBS, FRACP, MPH
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2016
Mosby-Year Book, Inc
Subjects
Aircraft
Airlines
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Australia
Contact Tracing
Disease transmission
Emergency medical care
Emergency Service, Hospital
Hospitals
Humans
Immunoglobulin G - blood
Immunoglobulin M - blood
India
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Male
Measles
Measles - blood
Measles - diagnosis
Measles - transmission
Measles - virology
Measles virus - immunology
Measles virus - isolation & purification
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Travel
Australia
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Summary:We describe 2 patients traveling in separate parties on the same flight whose presentations with measles to an Australian hospital's emergency department (ED) resulted in 2 large-scale look backs requiring considerable time and financial resources, prompting us to review the literature and guidelines around in-flight transmission of measles.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.02.010