Spotlight on measles 2010: a cluster of measles in a hospital setting in Slovenia, March 2010

Euro Surveill. 2010 May 20;15(20):19573.

Abstract

After ten years of being measles free, Slovenia experienced a cluster with secondary transmission in a hospital setting in March 2010. The index case, a resident of Ireland, was hospitalised on the day after his arrival to Slovenia and diagnosed with measles two days later. After his discharge, two cases of measles were notified, a hospital staff member and a visitor to the clinic, suggesting transmission in a hospital setting.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cross Infection / etiology*
  • Hospitals*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Measles / epidemiology
  • Measles / transmission*
  • Morbillivirus / isolation & purification
  • Slovenia / epidemiology
  • Travel
  • Young Adult