An outbreak of measles in Adelaide.

Correspondence: Mr James Fielding, Communicable Diseases Section, Department of Human Services, Level 17/120 Spencer Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. Telephone: +61 3 9637 4872. Facsimile: +61 3 9637 4477. Email: [email protected] Sporadic outbreaks of measles continue to occur throughout Australia that require considerable expenditure of time and resources to control. We report an outbreak investigation by the Communicable Disease Control Branch (CDCB), Department of Health, South Australia in late 2003 that utilised methods and identifi ed issues that may be relevant to future investigations of measles outbreaks.