Control of measles in a juvenile custodial setting in the wake of the recent US outbreak.
Adolescent
Adolescent Health Services
/ organization & administration
Adolescent, Institutionalized
/ statistics & numerical data
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
/ organization & administration
Communicable Disease Control
/ methods
Custodial Care
/ methods
Disease Outbreaks
/ history
History, 21st Century
Humans
Measles
/ epidemiology
Measles Vaccine
/ therapeutic use
Population Surveillance
/ methods
Prisons
/ organization & administration
United States
/ epidemiology
Juvenile
custodial
measles
prevention
setting
Journal
The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
27
08
2019
accepted:
22
10
2019
entrez:
7
5
2020
pubmed:
7
5
2020
medline:
13
11
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The recent US measles outbreak is the largest since 1992. It is just a matter of time before measles is introduced into a juvenile custodial setting. Are we prepared? Should we be prepared? This short article addresses steps institutional settings should take to prevent the spread of measles in a contained setting.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32373253
doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.1.20172
pii: PAMJ-SUPP-35-1-02
pmc: PMC7195918
doi:
Substances chimiques
Measles Vaccine
0
Types de publication
Historical Article
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2Informations de copyright
© Sadhana Dharmapuri et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing insterests.
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