measles – Christian pilgrimage and mass gathering – Taize – France

ProMED-mail Archive Number 20101217.4459
Published Date 17-DEC-2010
Subject PRO/EDR> Measles – Germany ex France: mass gathering

Date: Thu 16 Dec 2010
Source: Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 50 [edited]
URL http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19750
Rapid communications
Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010

2010年9月-同年10月、ドイツの 11地域(district)の患者 13人(女性10人, 男性3人/ 年齢 9-32歳 中央値 16.5歳)が麻疹(麻しん、はしか)ウイルスに一次感染した、全患者がワクチン未接種で、フランス本土 中東部 [Burgundy region ブルゴーニュ地域圏 Saône-et-Loire ソーヌ＝エ＝ロワール県] コミューン Taizé での Christian pilgrimage キリスト教徒巡礼、集会に最近参加していた。[Wikipedia: monastic 修道院のような, ecumenical 教会一致運動の]集会での滞在は、6日-5週間…。

Periods of sojourn at Taizé ranged from six days to five weeks (the longest stay being for a volunteer helper, Case 4). Ten cases stayed for eight or nine days, mostly from Sunday to Sunday, which are the arrival and departure days recommended by the Community.

All five cases analysed showed the genotype D4 variant ‘[遺伝子型] D4-Manchester’ (MVs/Manchester.GBR/10.09[D4], GenBank accession number: GQ370461).

Eight of 13 primary measles cases did not cause secondary measles virus infections. Five primary cases resulted in 17 secondary cases (age range: 2–47 years, median: 15) and seven tertiary cases (age range: 5–18 years, median: 13). The persons affected were family members, friends and schoolmates, predominantly of a similar or younger age. In total, 37 measles cases could be attributed to this outbreak (Figure 2).