Measles in the 21st Century, a Continuing Preventable Risk to Travelers: Data From the GeoSentinel Global Network | Zendy

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Measles in the 21st Century, a Continuing Preventable Risk to Travelers: Data From the GeoSentinel Global Network

Author(s) -

Mark J. Sotir,

Douglas H. Esposito,

Elizabeth D. Barnett,

Karin Leder,

Phyllis E. Kozarsky,

Poh Lian Lim,

Effrossyni GkraniaKlotsas,

Davidson H. Hamer,

Susan Kuhn,

Bradley A. Connor,

Rashila Pradhan,

Éric Caumes

Publication year - 2015

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 - 10.1093/cid/civ839

Subject(s) - measles , medicine , vaccination , measles vaccine , environmental health , travel medicine , virology , psychiatry

Measles remains a risk for travelers, with 94 measles diagnoses reported to the GeoSentinel network from 2000 to 2014, two-thirds since 2010. Asia was the most common exposure region, then Africa and Europe. Efforts to reduce travel-associated measles should target all vaccine-eligible travelers, including catch-up vaccination of susceptible adults.

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