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Measles Outbreak at a Privately Operated Detention Facility: Arizona, 2016.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:We describe a measles outbreak and control measures implemented at a privately operated detention facility housing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in 2016. METHODS:Case-patients reported fever and rash and were either laboratory-confirmed or had an epidemiological link to a laboratory-confirmed case-patient. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) avidity and plaque reduction neutralization tests distinguished between primary acute and reinfection case-patients. Measles-specific IgG was measured to assess detainee immunity levels. We compared attack rates (ARs) among detainees and staff, between IgG-negative and IgG-positive detainees, and by detainee housing units and sexes. RESULTS:We identified 32 measles case-patients (23 detainees, 9 staff); rash onsets were during 6 May-26 June 2016. High IgG avidity and neutralizing-antibody titers >40000 to measles (indicating reinfection) were identified in 18 (95%) and 15 (84%) of 19 tested case-patients, respectively. Among 205 unit A detainees tested for presumptive immunity, 186 (91%) had detectable IgG. Overall, the AR was 1.65%. ARs were significantly higher among detainees in unit A (7.05%) compared with units B-F (0.59%), and among male (2.33%) compared with female detainees (0.38%); however, ARs were not significantly different between detainees and staff or between IgG-negative and IgG-positive detainees. Control measures included the vaccination of 1424 of 1425 detainees and 190 of 510 staff, immunity verification for 445 staff, case-patient isolation, and quarantine of affected units. CONCLUSIONS:Although ARs were low, measles outbreaks can occur in intense-exposure settings, despite a high population immunity, underscoring the importance of high vaccination coverage and containment in limiting measles transmission.

SUBMITTER: Venkat H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6435422 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Measles Outbreak at a Privately Operated Detention Facility: Arizona, 2016.

Venkat Heather H Briggs Graham G Brady Shane S Komatsu Ken K Hill Clancey C Leung Jessica J Patel Manisha M Livar Eugene E Su Chia-Ping CP Kassem Ahmed A Sowers Sun B SB Mercader Sara S Rota Paul A PA Elson Diana D Timme Evan E Robinson Susan S Fitzpatrick Kathryn K Franco Jabette J Hickman Carole C Gastañaduy Paul A PA

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20190501 12

<h4>Background</h4>We describe a measles outbreak and control measures implemented at a privately operated detention facility housing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in 2016.<h4>Methods</h4>Case-patients reported fever and rash and were either laboratory-confirmed or had an epidemiological link to a laboratory-confirmed case-patient. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) avidity and plaque reduction neutralization tests distinguished between primary acute and reinfection case-patients. Measles ...[more]

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