Possible nosocomial transmission of measles in unvaccinated children in a Singapore public hospital

• Main Authors: Joanne Tay (Author), Jeffery Cutter (Author), Raymond Lin (Author), Ariel Chua (Author), Pengiran Hishamuddin (Author), Koh Cheng Thoon (Author), Constance Low (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Measles is an acute, highly communicable viral disease, with measles outbreaks usually occuring in settings where there are unvaccinated populations. After being notified of a cluster of five measles cases in a Singapore public hospital in August 2011, the Ministry of Health Singapore...