Coordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022-January 2023

Contact tracing of individual exposed to any infectious measles case deserves special attention when in the country the disease is mostly imported. We present the coordinated public health actions triggered after reporting a suspected measles case in an aircraft. Spanish public health authorities an...

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Autores: López-Perea, Noemí, Rivera Ariza, Silvia, Salom Castell, M. Magdalena, Izquierdo Gómez, Conchita, Guillaumes, Montserrat, Fernández-García, Aurora, Echevarría, Juan E, Mosquera, María Mar, Oliva Íñiguez, Lourdes, Cebollada Gracia, Ana Delia, Gallardo García, Virtudes, García Rivera, María Victoria, Guzmán Herrador, Bernardo, Huertas-Zarco, Isabel, Pacheco Martínez, María Del Carmen, Rodero Garduño, Inmaculada, Paz Montero, Oscar, Suárez Rodríguez, Berta, Masa-Calles, Josefa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Conselleria de Salut i Consum del Govern de les Illes Balears
Repositorio:Docusalut
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docusalut.com:20.500.13003/21140
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/21140
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aircraft
Communicable Diseases, Imported / transmission
Contact Tracing*
Humans
Measles* / epidemiology
Measles* / prevention & control
Measles* / transmission
Public Health
Spain
Travel
Aeronaves
Trazado de Contacto
Humanos
Salud Pública
España
Viaje
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Sumario:Contact tracing of individual exposed to any infectious measles case deserves special attention when in the country the disease is mostly imported. We present the coordinated public health actions triggered after reporting a suspected measles case in an aircraft. Spanish public health authorities and airlines responded promptly to allow a rapid contact tracing. Even one secondary measles case was reported no further transmission was identified, revealing that giving PEP and appropriate information help to avoid transmission and to maintain measles elimination in Spain.