Measles genotypes D4 and G3 reintroduced by multiple foci after 15 years without measles virus circulation, Gipuzkoa, the Basque Country, Spain, March to June 2011

G Cilla; M Montes; J Artieda; L Piñeiro; L Arriola; E Pérez-Trallero

doi:10.2807/ese.16.43.19997-en

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Measles genotypes D4 and G3 reintroduced by multiple foci after 15 years without measles virus circulation, Gipuzkoa, the Basque Country, Spain, March to June 2011
G Cilla^1,2 , M Montes^1,2 , J Artieda³ , L Piñeiro¹ , L Arriola³ , E Pérez-Trallero^1,2,4
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Affiliations: ¹ Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario Donostia-Instituto Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain ² Biomedical Research Centre Network for Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), San Sebastián, Spain ³ Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa, Basque Government, and CIBERESP, San Sebastián, Spain ⁴ Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastián, Spain

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Citation style for this article: Cilla G, Montes M, Artieda J, Piñeiro L, Arriola L, Pérez-Trallero E. Measles genotypes D4 and G3 reintroduced by multiple foci after 15 years without measles virus circulation, Gipuzkoa, the Basque Country, Spain, March to June 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(43):pii=19997. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.43.19997-en Received: 17 Oct 2011

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Abstract

During a three-month period in spring 2011, 23 cases of measles occurred in seven independent outbreaks in a region in Spain with around 700,000 inhabitants, where the disease had been eliminated since 1997. High vaccination coverage and rapid diagnosis allowed implementation of containment measures and this prevented spread of the disease. Except for the first outbreak which affected 10 cases, each of the other six outbreaks caused a maximum of three secondary cases.