Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreaks from Imported Cases in Orthodox Jewish Communities — New York and New Jersey, 2018–2019

• DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6819a4
• Publication Date: 2019-05-16T10:52:01Z
• Authors: Robert McDonald; Patricia Schnabel...; Maria Souto; Dylan E. Johns; Kevin McKay; Noelle Bessette; Lissette X. McNulty; Jennifer E. Crawford; Patrick Bryant; Maria Cecilia Mos...; Sonya Frontin; Tatiana Deluna-Evans; Daniel E. Regenye; Elizabeth F. Zare...; Vanessa J. Landis; Bonnie Sullivan; Brian E. Rumpf; Judi Doherty; Kathryn Sen; Eric Adler; Lisa DiFedele; Stephanie Ostrowski; Christine Compton; Elizabeth Rausch-...; Irina Gelman; Barbara Montana; Debra Blog; Bradley J. Hutton; Howard A. Zucker
• Keywords: Adult; Adolescent; New Jersey; Infant, Newborn; New York; Infant; Middle Aged; Disease Outbreaks; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Child, Preschool; Jews; Humans; Child; Travel-Related Illness; Notes from the Field; Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; Measles

On October 1, 2018, the Rockland County (New York) Department of Health (RCDOH) alerted New York State (NYSDOH) an unvaccinated teenaged traveler with diagnosed measles.During next 17 days, RCDOH learned additional six travelers measles.On 24, Ocean Jersey) Jersey (NJDOH) a case measles in international traveler, rash onset 17.The reported recent travel Israel, where outbreak approximately 3,150 cases is ongoing (1).Investigations during 2018-April 30, 2019, identified 242 laboratory-confirmed and epidemiologically linked York, excluding City, 17, 2018-November 33 (Figure).The were primarily members orthodox Jewish communities.