A Measles Outbreak in an Underimmunized Amish Community in Ohio | Zendy

Paul A. Gastañaduy | Zendy; Jeremy Budd | Zendy; Nicholas Fisher | Zendy; Susan B. Redd | Zendy; Jackie Fletcher | Zendy; Julie E. Miller | Zendy; Dwight J. McFadden | Zendy; Jennifer S. Rota | Zendy; Paul A. Rota | Zendy; Carole J. Hickman | Zendy; Brian Fowler | Zendy; Lilith Tatham | Zendy; Gregory S. Wallace | Zendy; Sietske de Fijter | Zendy; Amy Parker Fiebelkorn | Zendy; Mary DiOrio | Zendy

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A Measles Outbreak in an Underimmunized Amish Community in Ohio

Author(s) -

Paul A. Gastañaduy,

Jeremy Budd,

Nicholas Fisher,

Susan B. Redd,

Jackie Fletcher,

Julie E. Miller,

Dwight J. McFadden,

Jennifer S. Rota,

Paul A. Rota,

Carole J. Hickman,

Brian Fowler,

Lilith Tatham,

Gregory S. Wallace,

Sietske de Fijter,

Amy Parker Fiebelkorn,

Mary DiOrio

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1602295

Subject(s) - measles , medicine , outbreak , vaccination , mmr vaccine , rubella , transmission (telecommunications) , measles mumps rubella vaccine , measles virus , demography , rubella vaccine , epidemiology , environmental health , pediatrics , virology , engineering , sociology , electrical engineering

Although measles was eliminated in the United States in 2000, importations of the virus continue to cause outbreaks. We describe the epidemiologic features of an outbreak of measles that originated from two unvaccinated Amish men in whom measles was incubating at the time of their return to the United States from the Philippines and explore the effect of public health responses on limiting the spread of measles.

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