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Large Outbreak of Measles in a Community with High Vaccination Coverage: Implications for the Vaccination Schedule
Author(s) -
Ángela Domı́nguez,
Núria Torner,
Irene Barrabeig,
Ariadna Rovira,
Cristina Rius,
Joan A. Caylà,
Elsa Plasencia,
Sofía Minguell,
María Rosa Sala,
Ana Martı́nez,
Josep Costa,
Mar Mosquera,
Carmen Cabezas
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/592258
Subject(s) - measles , medicine , vaccination , incidence (geometry) , outbreak , epidemiology , confidence interval , measles virus , vaccination schedule , population , pediatrics , poisson regression , measles vaccine , morbillivirus , demography , immunology , environmental health , immunization , virology , antibody , physics , sociology , optics
Attempts to eliminate measles from a country or region may be disrupted by an imported case that affects indigenous persons. The objective of this study was to analyze epidemiological and clinical characteristics of a measles outbreak in Catalonia, Spain, in 2006.

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