Measles Transmission at a Domestic Terminal Gate in an International Airport — United States, January 2014

In Mar 2014, CDC identified a possible cluster of four laboratory-confirmed measles cases among passengers transiting a domestic terminal in a US international airport. Through epidemiologic assessments conducted by multiple health departments and investigation of flight itineraries by CDC, all four...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2014-12, Vol.63 (50), p.1211-1211
Main Authors: Vega, Jared S., Escobedo, Miguel, Schulte, Cynthia R., Rosen, Jennifer B., Schauer, Stephanie, Wiseman, Rachel, Lippold, Susan A., Regan, Joanna J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Airport terminals
Airports
Disease transmission
Epidemiology
Exanthema
Government services
International airports
Measles
Notes from the Field
Rat bite fever
Vehicular flight
Zoonoses
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Summary:In Mar 2014, CDC identified a possible cluster of four laboratory-confirmed measles cases among passengers transiting a domestic terminal in a US international airport. Through epidemiologic assessments conducted by multiple health departments and investigation of flight itineraries by CDC, all four patients were linked to the same terminal gate during a 4-hour period on January 17, 2014.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X