Simultaneous chickenpox and measles infection among migrant children who stayed in Italy during the second half of June 2011

Igor Ivić-Hofman; Ante Cvitković; Bernard Kaić; Tatjana Vilibić-Čavlek; Nenad Pandak; Zorana Marić; Dragana Jurić

doi:10.4081/cp.2011.e113

Simultaneous chickenpox and measles infection among migrant children who stayed in Italy during the second half of June 2011

Clin Pract. 2011 Nov 10;1(4):e113. doi: 10.4081/cp.2011.e113. eCollection 2011 Sep 28.

Authors

Igor Ivić-Hofman¹, Ante Cvitković¹, Bernard Kaić², Tatjana Vilibić-Čavlek³, Nenad Pandak⁴, Zorana Marić¹, Dragana Jurić¹

Affiliations

¹ Brodsko-posavska County Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod;
² Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology;
³ Croatian National Institute of Public Health,Virology Department, Zagreb;
⁴ General Hospital Dr Josip Benčević, Slavonski Brod, Croatia.

Abstract

We are reporting on a household outbreak of measles, in which cases of simultaneous measles and chickenpox infection occured in children of a family who resided in Italy during the incubation period (June 2011). In three children, fever and generalized confluent macular rash were the dominant symptoms. Serology testing revealed simultaneous measles and chickenpox infection in four children.

Keywords: measles infection.; simultaneous chickenpox.

Publication types

Case Reports