Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak of Unknown Source — Shelby County, Tennessee, April–May 2016
| Autor: | William Schaffner, David Sweat, Helen Morrow, Tyler Zerwekh, Mary-Margaret A. Fill, Kevin Morris, Rendi Murphree, Judy C Martin, Marion A. Kainer, Tamal Chakraverty, Jennifer Kmet, Alisa Haushalter, Timothy F. Jones, Kelly L. Moore, John R. Dunn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Epidemiology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 030106 microbiology Vital signs Measles Disease Outbreaks Measles virus Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health Information Management Environmental health Genotype medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Genotyping biology business.industry Public health Infant General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Tennessee Rash Immunoglobulin M Child Preschool biology.protein Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 65:1039-1040 |
| ISSN: | 1545-861X 0149-2195 |
| DOI: | 10.15585/mmwr.mm6538a3 |
| Popis: | On April 15, 2016, local public health officials in Shelby County, Tennessee, were notified of a positive measles immunoglobulin M (IgM) test for a male aged 18 months (patient A). On April 18, 2016, a second positive measles IgM test was reported for a man aged 50 years (patient B). Both patients had rash onset on April 9, 2016. The Shelby County Health Department initiated an investigation, and confirmatory testing for measles virus on oropharyngeal swabs by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) at CDC was positive for both patients. On April 21, 2016, public health officials were notified of a third suspected measles case in a female aged 7 months (patient C) who had developed a rash on April 14; PCR testing was positive. Genotyping conducted at CDC identified genotype B3 measles virus in all three cases. Genotype B3 is known to be circulating globally and has previously been associated with imported cases in the United States (1). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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