Public health response to a measles outbreak in a large correctional facility, Queensland, 2013.

Commun Dis Intell Q Rep

Senior Medical Officer, Communicable Diseases Unit, Queensland Health; Medical Epidemiologist, Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland.

Published: December 2014

This report documents the prompt, co-ordinated and effective public health response to a measles outbreak in Queensland in 2013. There were 17 cases in a large, high-security, regional correctional facility, a setting with unique challenges. Recommendations are provided to reduce the likelihood and magnitude of measles outbreaks in correctional facilities.

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