Open AccessInvestigation and control of a measles outbreak at the Hong Kong International Airport, 2019
Author(s) -
Wong Chi Hong,
Chuang Shuk Kwan,
Lam Wing Hang,
Lam Ho Yeung,
Lam Tsz Sum,
Ho Lei Ming Raymond,
Leung Yiu Hong,
Lam Chau Kuen Yonnie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.2.007
Subject(s) - measles , outbreak , medicine , environmental health , epidemiology , vaccination , incidence (geometry) , international airport , population , rash , hygiene , pediatrics , geography , virology , surgery , physics , cartography , pathology , optics
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region SAR (China) achieved measles elimination status in 2016, and the incidence of measles infection had been low over the past few years. However, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) at the Department of Health was notified on 22 March 2019 of an outbreak of three cases of measles infection among workers at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region International Airport (HKIA).