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Measles in Italy: Viral strains and crossing borders

Fabio MaguranoMelissa BaggieriFrancesca MazzilliPaola BucciAntonella MarchiLoredana NicolettiNull Moronet GroupAntonella AmendolaFausto BaldantiMaria Rosaria CapobianchiMaria ChironnaPierlanfranco D'agaroTiziana LazzarottoKatia MarinelliAndrea OrsiGiorgio PalùFabio Tramuto

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0301 basic medicineGenotyping TechniquesWHO/EuropeSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E ApplicataDisease OutbreaksWHO0302 clinical medicineMeasleGenotype030212 general & internal medicineTravelSurveillancebiologyTransmission (medicine)General MedicineEmigration and ImmigrationInfectious DiseasesGenotype identificationItalyWorld Health Organization European RegionSequence AnalysisMicrobiology (medical)medicine.medical_specialtyGenotype030106 microbiologyWorld Health OrganizationMeasleslcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseasesEuropean Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination; Genotype identification; MeaNS; Measles; Measles Nucleotide Surveillance; Outbreak; RVC; Surveillance; WHO; WHO/Europe; World Health Organization; World Health Organization European RegionOutbreak Measles Genotype identification SurveillanceMeasles virus03 medical and health sciencesGenotype identification; Measles; Outbreak; Surveillance; Emigration and Immigration; Genotype; Genotyping Techniques; Humans; Italy; Measles; Measles virus; Sequence Analysis DNA; Travel; Disease OutbreaksmedicineHumanslcsh:RC109-216Genotyping TechniquesMeaNSNational healthEuropean Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella EliminationPublic healthOutbreakOutbreakSequence Analysis DNADNAmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationVirologyRVCMeasles virusMeasles Nucleotide SurveillanceMeasles

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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. Keywords: Outbreak, Measles, Genotype identification, Surveillance

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-02-01
10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.005http://hdl.handle.net/11567/948893