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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2018

Public health response to a measles outbreak on a university campus in Australia, 2015.

J Smith, S Banu, M Young, D Francis, K Langfeldt, K Jarvinen

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

J SmithMetro North Public Health Unit,Queensland Health,Windsor, Brisbane,Australia.
S BanuMetro North Public Health Unit,Queensland Health,Windsor, Brisbane,Australia.
M YoungMetro North Public Health Unit,Queensland Health,Windsor, Brisbane,Australia.
D FrancisMetro North Public Health Unit,Queensland Health,Windsor, Brisbane,Australia.
K LangfeldtMetro North Public Health Unit,Queensland Health,Windsor, Brisbane,Australia.
K JarvinenMetro South Public Health Unit,Queensland Health,Coopers Plains, Brisbane,Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report describes the effective public health response to a measles outbreak involving a university campus in Brisbane, Australia. Eleven cases in total were notified, mostly university students. The public health response included targeted measles vaccination clinics which were established on campus and focused on student groups most likely to have been exposed. The size of the university population, social interaction between students on and off campus, as well as limited vaccination records for the university community presented challenges for the control of this extremely infectious illness. We recommend domestic students ensure vaccinations are current prior to matriculation. Immunisation information should be included in university student enrolment packs. Incoming international students should ensure routine vaccinations are up-to-date prior to arrival in Australia, thereby reducing the risk of importation of measles and other infectious diseases.

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Disease OutbreaksPublic HealthUniversitiesAdultFemaleHumansMaleMeaslesMiddle AgedQueenslandStudentsYoung AdultCommunity epidemicscommunity outbreaksdiphtherialeptospirosis

Identifiers

PMID29338804
PMCPMC9134550

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