Ongoing Measles Outbreak in Orthodox Jewish Community, London, UK

Vanessa Baugh,Philippa Kemsley,Sarah Addiman,Deborah Turbitt,Joanne Bosanquet,Jose Figueroa

doi:10.3201/eid1910.130258

Abstract

Ongoing Measles Outbreak in Orthodox Jewish Community, London, UK

Highlights

To the Editor: Measles outbreaks have been reported in Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities across Europe and Israel (1–5)
We describe an ongoing outbreak within the largest European Orthodox Jewish community, based in London, focused in Hackney (6)
After serologic confirmation of measles in the index case-patient, an unvaccinated Orthodox Jewish 4-year-old from Hackney, the case was reported to the Health Protection Team (HPT) on December 20, 2012

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9. Robinson JB, Eremeeva ME, Olson PE, Thornton SA, Medina MJ, Sumner JW, et al New approaches to detection and identification of Rickettsia africae and Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from the Caribbean. Ongoing Measles Outbreak in Orthodox Jewish Community, London, UK To the Editor: Measles outbreaks have been reported in Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities across Europe and Israel (1–5).

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