Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2015)

Extensive Nosocomial Transmission of Measles Originating in Cruise Ship Passenger, Sardinia, Italy, 2014

  • Antonietta Filia,
  • Antonino Bella,
  • Giovanna Cadeddu,
  • Maria Rafaela Milia,
  • Martina Del Manso,
  • Maria Cristina Rota,
  • Fabio Magurano,
  • Loredana Nicoletti,
  • Silvia Declich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2108.141105
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 8
pp. 1444 – 1446

Abstract

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We report a measles outbreak in Sardinia, Italy, that originated in a cruise ship passenger. The outbreak showed extensive nosocomial transmission (44 of 80 cases). To minimize nosocomial transmission, health care facilities should ensure that susceptible health care workers are vaccinated against measles and should implement effective infection control procedures.

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