Imported Measles and Implications for Its Elimination in Taiwan

Abstract

During November 2008–May 2009, an outbreak of 53 measles cases occurred in Taiwan. Of these, 3 cases were sporadic, and the other 50 cases could be grouped into 8 clusters by genetic analysis. We determined 7 H1 genotypes linked to importation and 1 G3 genotype linked to an untraceable source.

Keywords

• viruses
• measles
• Taiwan
• nosocomial
• measles outbreak
• importation