Measles Outbreak Associated with a Traveler Returning from India — North Carolina, April–May 2013

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Sullivan, Kristin ; Moore, Zack S. ; Fleischauer, Aaron T.
• Description:
  On April 14, 2013, public health officials in North Carolina were notified of suspected measles infections in two unvaccinated members of a family. Measles was confirmed by laboratory tTesting at the State Laboratory of Public Health on April 16, 2013. Investigators learned that a third unvaccinated member of the household had developed fever and rash 11 days earlier, after returning to the United States from a 3-month visit to India, but measles had not been suspected until household contacts sought evaluation for similar symptoms.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Contact Tracing Disease Outbreaks Humans Infant Measles Measles Vaccine Middle Aged Notes From The Field Religion Rural Population Travel Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2013; 62(36):753.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  24025759
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4585577
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  India ; North Carolina
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  36
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e160ad7b3a8a0be7be6eb6df31990b18e724c4d66cae2a445b19077ffac774eecf50b5f6bee8d9596c6d57d10dffa82ab9643095009f7ca0e480172c715c15a0
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54714/cdc_54714_DS1.pdf
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