Surto de sarampo na regiao metropolitana de Campinas, SP

Abstract

Brazil has not had endemic circulation of the measles virus since 2000. Between May and June 2011, the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, reported three cases of measles. This report presents a descriptive study of the cases, control measures, and the search for a possible source and secondary cases. The genotypic characterization of the virus identified genotype D4, circulating in Europe. Secondary cases or index case were not found. The control measures and adequate vaccination coverage in Metropolitan Region of Campinas contributed to the interruption of disease transmission.

Path of infectious diseases in Brazil in the last 50 years: an ongoing challenge

“…Recently, when measles no longer showed sustained transmission in a large part of the Country, RSP registered a disease outbreak from an imported case, in the metropolitan area of São Paulo 59 .…”

Molecular characterisation of the emerging measles virus from Roraima state, Brazil, 2018

“…Previous studies in Brazil have primarily used a small fragment of 450 bp of the measles N gene for genotyping. 10 , 11 , 12 Although these studies have undoubtedly contributed to the characterisation of the molecular epidemiology of measles, sequencing of larger genome fragments or ideally complete viral genomes may further our understanding of the epidemic dynamics of any emerging or remerging viral disease. 13 , 14 …”