Summer music and arts festivals as hot spots for measles transmission: experience from England and Wales, June to October 2016.

le Polain de Waroux, Olivier; Saliba, Vanessa; Cottrell, Simon; Young, Nick; Perry, Malorie; Bukasa, Antoaneta; Ramsay, Mary; Brown, Kevin; Amirthalingam, Gayatri; (2016) Summer music and arts festivals as hot spots for measles transmission: experience from England and Wales, June to October 2016. EUROSURVEILLANCE, 21 (44). pp. 2-7. ISSN 1560-7917 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.44.30390

Abstract

We report 52 cases of measles linked to music and arts festivals in England and Wales, between mid-June and mid-October 2016. Nearly half were aged 15 to 19 years. Several individuals who acquired measles at one festival subsequently attended another festival while infectious, resulting in multiple interlinked outbreaks. Transmission within festivals resulted in a geographical spread of cases nationally as well as internationally, which presents particular challenges for measles control.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
PubMed ID	27881230
Elements ID	144309