Post-vaccine measles in a child with concomitant influenza, Sicily, Italy, March 2015

F Tramuto; P Dones; C D’Angelo; N Casuccio; F Vitale

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.20.21134

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Post-vaccine measles in a child with concomitant influenza, Sicily, Italy, March 2015

F Tramuto^1,2, P Dones³, C D’Angelo⁴, N Casuccio⁴, F Vitale^1,2
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Sciences for the Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care “G. D’Alessandro” – Hygiene section, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy ² Regional Reference Laboratory for Molecular Surveillance of Measles and Rubella, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University Hospital “Paolo Giaccone”, Palermo, Italy ³ Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, ARNAS Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy ⁴ Public Health, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale, Palermo, Italy

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Citation style for this article: Tramuto F, Dones P, D’Angelo C, Casuccio N, Vitale F. Post-vaccine measles in a child with concomitant influenza, Sicily, Italy, March 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(20):pii=21134. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.20.21134 Received: 07 May 2015

Abstract

We describe the occurrence of measles in an 18 month-old patient in Sicily, Italy, in March 2015, who received the first dose of a measles-containing vaccine seven days before onset of prodromal symptoms. Measles virus infection was confirmed by PCR and detection of specific immunoglobulin; viral genotyping permitted the confirmation of a vaccine-associated illness. The patient had a concurrent influenza virus infection, during a seasonal epidemic outbreak of influenza.