Measles outbreak on a cruise ship in the western Mediterranean, February 2014, preliminary report

S Lanini; M R Capobianchi; V Puro; A Filia; M Del Manso; T Kärki; L Nicoletti; F Magurano; T Derrough; E Severi; S Bonfigli; F N Lauria; G Ippolito; L Vellucci; M G Pompa; Collective the Central task force for the measles outbreak

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.10.20735

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Measles outbreak on a cruise ship in the western Mediterranean, February 2014, preliminary report
S Lanini¹ , M R Capobianchi¹ , V Puro¹ , A Filia² , M Del Manso² , T Kärki^2,3 , L Nicoletti⁴ , F Magurano⁴ , T Derrough⁵ , E Severi⁵ , S Bonfigli⁶ , F N Lauria¹ , G Ippolito¹ , L Vellucci⁶ , M G Pompa⁶ , Collective the Central task force for the measles outbreak⁷
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Affiliations: ¹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) “Lazzaro Spallanzani” Rome, Italy ² Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), National Centre for Epidemiology Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy (CNESPS) ³ European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ⁴ Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Rome, Italy ⁵ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ⁶ Ministry of Health, Directorate General for Prevention, Rome, Italy ⁷ The members of the Central Task Force for the measles outbreak are listed at the end of the article

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M Capobianchi
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Citation style for this article: Lanini S, Capobianchi M R, Puro V, Filia A, Del Manso M, Kärki T, Nicoletti L, Magurano F, Derrough T, Severi E, Bonfigli S, Lauria F N, Ippolito G, Vellucci L, Pompa M G, the Central task force for the measles outbreak Collective. Measles outbreak on a cruise ship in the western Mediterranean, February 2014, preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(10):pii=20735. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.10.20735 Received: 12 Mar 2014

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Abstract

A measles outbreak occurred in February 2014 on a ship cruising the western Mediterranean Sea. Overall 27 cases were reported: 21 crew members, four passengers. For two cases the status crew or passenger was unknown. Genotype B3 was identified. Because of different nationalities of cases and persons on board, the event qualified as a cross-border health threat. The Italian Ministry of Health coordinated rapid response. Alerts were posted through the Early Warning and Response System.