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In this Euro surveillance bulletin, Komitova and colleagues argues that measles among HCWs accounts for a relatively small proportion of the reported cases but is important because of the potential for transmission of the disease to susceptible colleagues (thereby disrupting healthcare service), high-risk patients such as pregnant women, immunocompromised individuals, and family members. Most importantly, the authors demonstrate that health care workers have a nearly 19-fold higher risk of acquiring measles than the general population. More details are available at: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19842
Abstract
This report describes 326 cases of nosocomial transmission of measles with 286 cases among non-healthcare workers who acquired the disease in a hospital setting. Between October 2009 and April 2010, 40 healthcare workers from seven different regions in Bulgaria have contracted the disease.