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SUBMITTER: Lampl BMJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6606947 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lampl Benedikt M J BMJ Lang Markus M Pregler Matthias M Zowe Marc M Beck Rainer R Schönberger Katharina K
GMS hygiene and infection control 20190603
In July/August 2018, a measles outbreak occurred in a reception facility for asylum seekers in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. A five-year-old child and an 18-year-old man from Moldova were affected. At the time of the report, 491 people were accommodated at the facility. The outbreak was limited to the two cases mentioned by the consistent use of infection control measures. Decisive factors for successfully combating this outbreak were, in particular, the close cooperation of the local public hea ...[more]