Impact of Isolation and Exclusion as a Public Health Strategy to Contain Measles Virus Transmission During a Measles Outbreak.

Emily Banerjee, Prabasaj Paul, Jayne Griffith, Ellen Laine, Kathryn Como-Sabetti, Paul A Gastañaduy

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Aug 24

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Responding to measles outbreaks in the United States puts a considerable strain on public health resources, and limited research exists about the effectiveness of containment strategies. In this paper we quantify the impact of isolation, contact tracing, and exclusion in reducing transmission during a measles outbreak in an under-vaccinated community. © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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Emily Banerjee, Prabasaj Paul, Jayne Griffith, Ellen Laine, Kathryn Como-Sabetti, Paul A Gastañaduy. Impact of Isolation and Exclusion as a Public Health Strategy to Contain Measles Virus Transmission During a Measles Outbreak. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):152-154