Cluster of measles cases in the Roma/Sinti population, Italy, June-September 2006

A Filia; F Curtale; P Kreidl; G Morosetti; L Nicoletti; F Perrelli; J Mantovani; D Campus; G Rossi; M C Sanna; A Zanetti; F Magurano; C Fortuna; S Iannazzo; M G Pompa; M Ciofi degli Atti

doi:10.2807/esw.11.41.03062-en

Cluster of measles cases in the Roma/Sinti population, Italy, June-September 2006

Euro Surveill. 2006 Oct 12;11(10):E061012.2. doi: 10.2807/esw.11.41.03062-en.

Authors

A Filia¹, F Curtale, P Kreidl, G Morosetti, L Nicoletti, F Perrelli, J Mantovani, D Campus, G Rossi, M C Sanna, A Zanetti, F Magurano, C Fortuna, S Iannazzo, M G Pompa, M Ciofi degli Atti

Affiliation

¹ Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy. antonietta.filia@iss.it

PMID: 17213534
DOI: 10.2807/esw.11.41.03062-en

Abstract

Three clusters of measles cases occurred between June and September 2006, in the Roma/Sinti populations in three different Italian regions: the Bolzano-South Tyrol in northern Italy; Lazio in central Italy; and the island of Sardinia in the southwest.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Cluster Analysis
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Diseases in Twins
Female
Humans
Infant
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Italy / epidemiology
Male
Measles / epidemiology*
Measles / transmission
Measles Vaccine
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology
Roma
Romania / ethnology
Rome / epidemiology
Vaccination

Substances

Measles Vaccine