Epidemiology of measles outbreak in British Columbia--February 1997.

Large Measles Outbreak in a Religious Community in British Columbia

In March 2014 an outbreak of measles commenced in a small religious school attended by around 350 children from families with extremely low MMR vaccination uptake. Within 4 weeks almost 400 cases were observed within the 1200 member congregation. Only four cases occurred unlinked to the congregation. While importations of measles into Canada are expected and rapid spread is possible in unimmuni...

Outbreak of mumps among young adults--Vancouver, British Columbia.

Mumps is an acute viral disease, caused by the infectious agent Paramyxovirus. It is defined for surveillance purposes as an illness characterized by fever and tender, self-limited swelling of the salivary gland(s), lasting ≥ 2 days without other apparent cause(1). In January and February 1997, an unexpected number of cases of mumps were reported to the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board (V/RHB). ...

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Case of vaccine-associated measles five weeks post-immunisation, British Columbia, Canada, October 2013.

We describe a case of vaccine-associated measles in a two-year-old patient from British Columbia, Canada, in October 2013, who received her first dose of measles-containing vaccine 37 days prior to onset of prodromal symptoms. Identification of this delayed vaccine-associated case occurred in the context of an outbreak investigation of a measles cluster.

Measles outbreak in Venezuela: a new challenge to postelimination surveillance and control?

The circulation of wild measles virus was interrupted in Venezuela in February 2007 after the catch-up vaccination (1994) and monitoring (1998) and in response to the measles outbreak in 2001. Traditionally, the routine coverage with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine does not exceed 85%. In February 2006, a measles outbreak started by importation in the State Miranda; this extended to 7 states and ...