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A Measles Outbreak in a New England Community: Perspectives

A Measles Outbreak in a New England Community: Perspectives Abstract • Between May 30 and June 29, 1974, 28 cases of measles occurred in school-children in a residential New England community. The index patient probably contracted the disease on a school field trip 11 days before the onset of her illness. Of the other 27 cases, 15 had received live measles vaccine before age 1, and ten had no history of vaccination or disease. Four documented vaccine failures did occur in children vaccinated after age 1, but this was not an unusual number compared with the total number of vaccinees evaluated during the investigation. Control measures for susceptible persons including vaccination or modifying doses of immune serum globulin for exposure occurring more than 24 hours earlier. No additional cases of measles were reported for one month after the epidemic. (Am J Dis Child 131:57-59, 1977) References 1. Benenson AS (ed): Control of Communicable Diseases in Man , ed 11. Washington, DC, American Public Health Association, 1970, p 145. 2. Marcy SM, Kibrick S: Measles: Diagnosis , in Hoeprich PD (ed): Infectious Diseases . New York, Harper & Row Publishers Inc, 1972, p 871. 3. Immunization Against Disease, 1972 . Atlanta, Center for Disease Control, 1972. 4. Ribble JC: Measles: Prophylaxis , in Wintrobe MM, Thorn GW, Adams RD, et al: (eds): Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine . New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, 1974, p 963. 5. Lepow ML, Steele FM, Ross MR, et al: Measles immunization status in 1972 among first- and second-grade school children in Danbury, Connecticut . Pediatrics 55:348-353, 1975. 6. Baratta RO, Ginter MC, Price MA, et al: Measles (rubeola) in previously immunized children . Pediatrics 46:397-402, 1970. 7. Cherry JD, Feigin RD, Shackelford PG, et al: A clinical and serologic study of 103 children with measles vaccine failure . J Pediatr 82:802-808, 1973.Crossref 8. Lerman SJ, Gold E: Measles in children previously vaccinated against measles . JAMA 216:1311-1314, 1971.Crossref 9. Linneman CC, Rotte TC, Schiff GM, et al: A seroepidemiologic study of a measles epidemic in a highly immunized population . Am J Epidemiol 95:238-246, 1972. 10. Wyll SA, Witte JJ: Measles in previously vaccinated children . JAMA 216:1306-1310, 1971.Crossref 11. Cherry JD, Feigin RD, Lobes LA, et al: Urban measles in the vaccine era: A clinical, epidemiologic, and serologic study . J Pediatr 81:217-230, 1972.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

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Abstract • Between May 30 and June 29, 1974, 28 cases of measles occurred in school-children in a residential New England community. The index patient probably contracted the disease on a school field trip 11 days before the onset of her illness. Of the other 27 cases, 15 had received live measles vaccine before age 1, and ten had no history of vaccination or disease. Four documented vaccine failures did occur in children vaccinated after age 1, but this was not an unusual number compared with the total number of vaccinees evaluated during the investigation. Control measures for susceptible persons including vaccination or modifying doses of immune serum globulin for exposure occurring more than 24 hours earlier. No additional cases of measles were reported for one month after the epidemic. (Am J Dis Child 131:57-59, 1977) References 1. Benenson AS (ed): Control of Communicable Diseases in Man , ed 11. Washington, DC, American Public Health Association, 1970, p 145. 2. Marcy SM, Kibrick S: Measles: Diagnosis , in Hoeprich PD (ed): Infectious Diseases . New York, Harper & Row Publishers Inc, 1972, p 871. 3. Immunization Against Disease, 1972 . Atlanta, Center for Disease Control, 1972. 4. Ribble JC: Measles: Prophylaxis , in Wintrobe MM, Thorn GW, Adams RD, et al: (eds): Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine . New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, 1974, p 963. 5. Lepow ML, Steele FM, Ross MR, et al: Measles immunization status in 1972 among first- and second-grade school children in Danbury, Connecticut . Pediatrics 55:348-353, 1975. 6. Baratta RO, Ginter MC, Price MA, et al: Measles (rubeola) in previously immunized children . Pediatrics 46:397-402, 1970. 7. Cherry JD, Feigin RD, Shackelford PG, et al: A clinical and serologic study of 103 children with measles vaccine failure . J Pediatr 82:802-808, 1973.Crossref 8. Lerman SJ, Gold E: Measles in children previously vaccinated against measles . JAMA 216:1311-1314, 1971.Crossref 9. Linneman CC, Rotte TC, Schiff GM, et al: A seroepidemiologic study of a measles epidemic in a highly immunized population . Am J Epidemiol 95:238-246, 1972. 10. Wyll SA, Witte JJ: Measles in previously vaccinated children . JAMA 216:1306-1310, 1971.Crossref 11. Cherry JD, Feigin RD, Lobes LA, et al: Urban measles in the vaccine era: A clinical, epidemiologic, and serologic study . J Pediatr 81:217-230, 1972.Crossref

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American Journal of Diseases of Children – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 1977

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