Abstract

MONTANO REMACHA, Carmen et al. Outbreaks of Measles in Andalusia, Spain, during the Period 2010-2015. Rev. Esp. Salud Publica [online]. 2015, vol.89, n.4, pp.407-418. ISSN 2173-9110.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1135-57272015000400009.

The Andalusian Surveillance Epidemiological System (SVEA) controls and investigates any notification of measles or any other communicable disease. The aim of this article is to describe the epidemiological characteristics of measles outbreaks occurred in Andalusia in the last five years (2010-2015) and their control measures. In this period three outbreaks were reported: the first one started in Granada in 2010 in a community of objectors to vaccination. Control measures of measles protocol of SVEA were adopted (case isolation, identification and contacts immunization), including judicial measures among the group who refused the vaccination. The second outbreak started in Seville in 2011 in an "area in need of social transformation" and it spread throughout the region. The routine vaccination coverage review was introduced within the surveillance system after those outbreaks, identifying the most vulnerable people. During the first six months of 2015, a small outbreak, of 15 cases, occurred in Granada. The outbreak was controlled mainly due to the early intervention, the health measures adopted in the schools and health centres involved and the high vaccination coverage achieved in the population.

Keywords : Outbreaks; Information system; Measles; Mass vaccination; Measles vaccine.

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