Title
Rapid response to a case of mumps: implications for preventing transmission at a medical research facility
Other title
Respuesta rápida a un caso de paperas: implicaciones para la prevención del contagio en una instalación de investigación biomédica
Date Issued
20 May 2009
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Unidad de Investigación Médica Naval-6
Unidad de Investigación Médica Naval-6
Abstract
Objective: To prevent transmission among the staff and potentially among the non-human primate (NHP) colony at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment in Peru, where an active case of mumps was discovered in a senior laboratory technician in Sep 03, 2007. Material and Methods: Subjects at the research facility were interviewed and potentially susceptible contacts were tested for mumps IgG. Results: In total, 81 out of 106 staff members (76%) had close contact with the case. Only 6/81 (7%) had MMR, 33 (41%) reported having had mumps, and 8 of 45 (18%) of the potentially susceptible individuals did not have immunity (IgG > 20.0). All the susceptible, exposed individuals received MMR vaccine. There were no secondary cases and access to the NHP colony was restricted. Discussion: Immediate and thorough investigation and occupational health response were imperative in preventing secondary cases of mumps among humans and NHP.
Start page
34
End page
38
Volume
51
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-61549103460
PubMed ID
Source
Salud Publica de Mexico
ISSN of the container
16067916
Sponsor(s)
Fogarty International Center - D43TW007393.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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