|
1
|
López-Perea N, Rivera Ariza S, Salom Castell MM, Izquierdo Gómez C, Guillaumes M, Fernández-García A, Echevarría JE, Mosquera MM, Oliva Íñiguez L, Cebollada Gracia AD, Gallardo García V, García Rivera MV, Guzmán Herrador B, Huertas-Zarco I, Pacheco Martínez MDC, Rodero Garduño I, Paz Montero O, Suárez Rodríguez B, Masa-Calles J. Coordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022-January 2023. Travel Med Infect Dis 2024; 62:102768. [PMID: 39370024 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Accepted: 10/02/2024] [Indexed: 10/08/2024]
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.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Noemí López-Perea
- National Centre of Epidemiology. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Spanish Consortium for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Autonomous University of Madrid/IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.
| | - Silvia Rivera Ariza
- Coordinating Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), Directorate General of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain
| | | | | | | | - Aurora Fernández-García
- Spanish Consortium for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; National Centre for Microbiology. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
| | - Juan E Echevarría
- Spanish Consortium for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; National Centre for Microbiology. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
| | - María Mar Mosquera
- Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain; Microbiology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
| | - Lourdes Oliva Íñiguez
- Foreign Health Service, Directorate General of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain
| | | | - Virtudes Gallardo García
- Servicio de Vigilancia y Salud Laboral. Consejería de Salud y Consumo. Junta de Andalucía, Spain
| | | | - Bernardo Guzmán Herrador
- Coordinating Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), Directorate General of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain
| | - Isabel Huertas-Zarco
- Servei de Vigilància i Control Epidemiològic. Conselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Pública. Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
| | | | - Inmaculada Rodero Garduño
- Área de Vigilancia y Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles, Subdirección General de Vigilancia en Salud Pública, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
| | - Oscar Paz Montero
- Servizo de Alertas Epidemiolóxicas. Xefatura Territorial de Sanidade de Pontevedra. Galicia, Spain
| | - Berta Suárez Rodríguez
- Coordinating Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), Directorate General of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain
| | - Josefa Masa-Calles
- National Centre of Epidemiology. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Spanish Consortium for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
| |
Collapse
|
|
2
|
Response to Lim et al regarding "In-flight transmission of measles: Time to update the guidelines?". Am J Infect Control 2017; 45:95-96. [PMID: 27838165 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
|