Sustained outbreak of measles in New South Wales, 2012: risks for measles elimination in Australia

• Main Authors: Zeina Najjar (Author), Kirsty Hope (Author), Penelope Clark (Author), Oanh Nguyen (Author), Alexander Rosewell (Author), Stephen Conaty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: On 7 April 2012, a recently returned traveller from Thailand to Australia was confirmed to have measles. An outbreak of measles subsequently occurred in the state of New South Wales, prompting a sustained and coordinated response by public health authorities. The last confirmed case prese...