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Measles Transmission in an International Airport at a Domestic Terminal Gate — April–May 2014

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  • Journal Article:
    Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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  • Description:
    On April 22, 2014, the Minnesota Department of Health notified CDC of a case of measles in a child aged 19 months who had documentation of receiving 1 dose of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine at age 12 months. The child's illness was clinically compatible with measles, which was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction and immunoglobulin M serology at the Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratory. The child was febrile and developed a rash on April 17 while on an international flight from India to the United States before taking a connecting flight from Chicago to Minneapolis. Persons with measles are infectious from 4 days before to 4 days after rash onset. Therefore, travelers were exposed on both the international and domestic flights. CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine was contacted and provided information on potentially exposed persons to relevant health departments for follow-up. No documented transmission was reported as a result of the two flight exposures.
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  • Source:
    MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2015; 64(24):679.
  • Series:
    Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
  • ISSN:
    0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
  • Pubmed ID:
    26110839
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC4584746
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
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  • Pages in Document:
    1 pdf page
  • Volume:
    64
  • Issue:
    24
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    urn:sha-512:c2a2f08c0b6f038cc506b398db5eb7be58c8c6b8d16b283166ed47e463fc3f79a82c2df8a49d49156ade2abdd36a5b0ce811828fc23bf5cced8e170464b85bbd
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