Measles in Italy: Viral strains and crossing borders.

Authors :: Magurano F
Baggieri M
Mazzilli F
Bucci P
Marchi A
Nicoletti L
Source :: International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases [Int J Infect Dis] 2019 Feb; Vol. 79, pp. 199-201. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Nov 14.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: In 2017, Italy experienced one of the largest outbreaks of measles in recent years, with 5404 notified cases and 4347 confirmed cases. A further 2029 cases were notified during the first 6 months of 2018, and 1516 of them were laboratory-confirmed. The B3 and D8 genotypes were identified as those responsible for the outbreak. Possible transmission routes can be established by monitoring the circulating measles virus strains in support of the national health authorities to warn people and travellers.<br /> (Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Emigration and Immigration
Genotype
Genotyping Techniques
Humans
Italy epidemiology
Measles transmission
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Travel
Disease Outbreaks
Measles epidemiology
Measles virus isolation & purification

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1878-3511
Volume :: 79
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 30445191
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.005