Coordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022–January 2023
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Contact tracing of individual exposed to any infectious measles case deserves special attention when in the country the disease is mostly imported. We present the coordinated public health actions triggered after reporting a suspected measles case in an aircraft. Spanish public health authorities and airlines responded promptly to allow a rapid contact tracing. Even one secondary measles case was reported no further transmission was identified, revealing that giving PEP and appropriate information help to avoid transmission and to maintain measles elimination in Spain.
Authors: Noemí López-Perea, Silvia Rivera Ariza, María Magdalena Salom Castell, Conchita Izquierdo Gómez, Montserrat Guillaumes, Aurora Fernández-García, Juan E. Echevarría, María Mar Mosquera, Lourdes Oliva Íñiguez, Ana Delia Cebollada Gracia, Virtudes Gallardo García, María Victoria García Rivera, Bernardo Guzmán Herrador, Isabel Huertas-Zarco, María del Carmen Pacheco Martínez, Inmaculada Rodero Garduño, Oscar Paz Montero, Berta Suárez Rodríguez, Josefa Masa-Calles
Institutions: Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ministry of Health, Generalitat de Catalunya, Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya, Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Gobierno de Aragón, Consejería de Salud y Consumo, Junta de Andalucía, Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha, Conselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Pública, Junta de Castilla y León, Comunidad de Madrid
Language: English
Topic: Virology and Viral Diseases
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,270
OpenAlex ID: W4403117274