MEASLES AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS: A POTENTIAL FOR NOSOCOMIAL OUTBREAKS

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• Measles among healthcare workers: a potential for nosocomial outbreaks

Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 2, 13 January 2011

E Botelho-Nevers^1,2, N Cassir^1,2, P Minodier³, R Laporte³, P Gautret¹, S Badiaga⁴, DJ Thiberville¹, L Ninove⁵, R Charrel⁵, P Brouqui ( )¹

1.     Pôle de Maladies Infectieuses, IFR 48, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, France

2.     These two authors contributed equally to this work

3.     Pôle mère-enfants, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, France

4.     Pôle AUR, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, France

5.     Laboratoire de virologie, IFR 48, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, France

Full text is at http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19764

Citation style for this article: Botelho-Nevers E, Cassir N, Minodier P, Laporte R, Gautret P, Badiaga S, Thiberville D, Ninove L, Charrel R, Brouqui P. Measles among healthcare workers: a potential for nosocomial outbreaks. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(2):pii=19764. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19764
Date of submission: 27 December 2010

We report here 14 cases of measles among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Public Hospitals of Marseilles, France that occurred between April and November 2010. All cases but one were under 30 years of age. Following the identification of these cases, we checked the immune status among 154 HCWs who volunteered to take part in the study and showed that 93% and 88% were immune against measles and mumps respectively. HCWs non-immunised against measles were all under 30 years of age.