Coordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022-January 2023

Lopez-Perea, NoemiRivera Ariza, SilviaSalom Castell, María MagdalenaIzquierdo Gómez, ConchitaGuillaumes, MontserratFernandez-Garcia, AuroraEchevarria, Juan EmilioMosquera, María MarOliva Íñiguez, LourdesCebollada Gracia, Ana DeliaGallardo García, VirtudesGarcía Rivera, María VictoriaGuzmán Herrador, Bernardo RHuertas-Zarco, IsabelPacheco Martínez, María Del CarmenRodero Garduño, InmaculadaPaz Montero, OscarSuárez Rodríguez, BertaMasa-Calles, Josefa2024-11-082024-11-082024-10-05Travel Med Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 5:62:102768.1477-8939https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/25464Contact tracing of individual exposed to any infectious measles case deserves special attention when in the country the disease is mostly imported. We present the coordinated public health actions triggered after reporting a suspected measles case in an aircraft. Spanish public health authorities and airlines responded promptly to allow a rapid contact tracing. Even one secondary measles case was reported no further transmission was identified, revealing that giving PEP and appropriate information help to avoid transmission and to maintain measles elimination in Spain.engVoRhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Contact tracingFlight transmissionMeaslesMeasles eliminationSpainCoordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022-January 2023Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International393700246210276810.1016/j.tmaid.2024.1027681873-0442Travel medicine and infectious diseaseopen access