Author:
COLEMAN K. P.,MARKEY P. G.
Abstract
SUMMARYMost cases of measles in Australia are associated with travel or acquired from travellers from overseas. This study presents a series of three secondary cases of measles acquired through contact with a case of infectious measles acquired in China. Two of the cases were fully immunized siblings sitting eight rows behind the index case on a 4½-h flight from Singapore. The third case was acquired in the airport where the index case was in transit. The report highlights the travel-associated risk of measles and discusses the heredity of vaccine-induced measles immunity.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Epidemiology
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