POST-VACCINE MEASLES IN A CHILD WITH CONCOMITANT INFLUENZA, SICILY, ITALY, MARCH 2015

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POST-VACCINE MEASLES IN A CHILD WITH CONCOMITANT INFLUENZA, SICILY, ITALY, MARCH 2015

Eurosurveillance, Volume 20, Issue 20, 21 May 2015

Rapid communications

F Tramuto ()^1,2, P Dones³, C DAngelo⁴, N Casuccio⁴, F Vitale^1,2

1. Department of Sciences for the Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care “G. DAlessandro” – Hygiene section, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
2. Regional Reference Laboratory for Molecular Surveillance of Measles and Rubella, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University Hospital “Paolo Giaccone”, Palermo, Italy
3. Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, ARNAS Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy
4. Public Health, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale, Palermo, Italy

Citation style for this article: Tramuto F, Dones P, DAngelo C, Casuccio N, Vitale F. Post-vaccine measles in a child with concomitant influenza, Sicily, Italy, March 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(20):pii=21134. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=21134
Date of submission: 07 May 2015

 

Abstract below; full text, with figures, is at  http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=21134

 

We describe the occurrence of measles in an 18 month-old patient in Sicily, Italy, in March 2015, who received the first dose of a measles-containing vaccine seven days before onset of prodromal symptoms. Measles virus infection was confirmed by PCR and detection of specific immunoglobulin; viral genotyping permitted the confirmation of a vaccine-associated illness. The patient had a concurrent influenza virus infection, during a seasonal epidemic outbreak of influenza.