Notes from the field: Measles outbreak--Hennepin County, Minnesota, February-March 2011

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Apr 8;60(13):421.

Abstract

On March 2, 2011, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) confirmed measles in a Hennepin County resident aged 9 months. As of April 1, investigation of contacts and heightened surveillance had revealed a total of 13 epidemiologically linked cases in Hennepin County residents. Of those cases, 11 were laboratory confirmed, and two were in household contacts of confirmed cases and met the clinical case definition for measles.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Measles / epidemiology*
  • Measles / transmission
  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / administration & dosage*
  • Middle Aged
  • Minnesota / epidemiology
  • Somalia / ethnology

Substances

  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine