Outbreak of Measles in a Residential Home for the Intellectually Disabled in Singapore in 2019

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ID11032812
AuthorsValerie T J Koh (Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Calvin J Chiew (0000-0002-8217-7971, Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Sean Wei Xiang Ong (0000-0002-8570-436X, Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Khine Nandar (Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), A Lee (0000-0003-3432-0435, National Centre for Infectious Diseases), Kelly Foo (Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Lin Cui (0000-0002-9818-4543, Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Yi Kai Ng (Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Rachael Pung (0000-0002-1188-8231, Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Tau Hong Lee (0000-0003-3791-5223, Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Zubaidah Said (Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Raymond Lin (Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Raymond Tzer Pin Lin (0000-0001-6654-026X, National Centre for Infectious Diseases), David Chien Lye (0000-0003-0324-0205, Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Yee-Sin Leo (Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.), Vernon Lee (0000-0002-5604-7399, Valerie T. J. Koh, Calvin J. Chiew, Khine Nandar, Anne Lee, Kelly Foo, Rachael Pung, Zubaidah Said, and Vernon Lee are with the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Tau Hong Lee, David Chien Lye, and Yee-Sin Leo are with the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. Lin Cui, Yi Kai Ng, and Raymond Lin are with the National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.)
Year2020
Volume110
Issue10
Pages1532-1534
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2020.305820
PMID32816554
OpenAlexW3056738188
LanguageEN
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A measles outbreak involving 19 adults in a home for the intellectually disabled occurred in Singapore in 2019. Further investigation, including a serological survey, was conducted. Mass vaccination and infection control measures were implemented, terminating further secondary transmission. Seropositivity among residents aged 40 to 49 years (90.7%; 95% confidence interval = 78.4%, 96.3%) was lower than among the Singapore adult population (P

Confidence interval · Environmental health · Herd immunity · Measles · Outbreak · Population · Transmission (telecommunications) · Vaccination · Demography · Immune responses and vaccinations · Immunology · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology · Virology and Viral Diseases · Gerontology · Pediatrics

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