Contact tracing of in-flight measles exposures: lessons from an outbreak investigation and case series, Australia, 2010

• Main Authors: Christine Selvey (Author), Thomas Tran (Author), Michael J. Lyon (Author), Jessica Rotty (Author), Nicolee V. Martin (Author), Marion E. Maloney (Author), Jan L. Humphreys (Author), Stephen B. Lambert (Author), Rodney J. Moran (Author), Steven D. Donohue (Author), Lucinda J. Franklin (Author), Frank H. Beard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To describe a 2010 outbreak of nine cases of measles in Australia possibly linked to an index case who travelled on an international flight from South Africa while infectious.Methods: Three Australian state health departments, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, were responsible for...