TY - JOUR AU - Colavita, Francesca AU - Biava, Mirella AU - Castilletti, Concetta AU - Quartu, Serena AU - Vairo, Francesco AU - Caglioti, Claudia AU - Agrati, Chiara AU - Lalle, Eleonora AU - Bordi, Licia AU - Lanini, Simone AU - Guanti, Michela Delli AU - Miccio, Rossella AU - Ippolito, Giuseppe AU - Capobianchi, Maria AU - Di Caro, Antonino T1 - Measles Cases during Ebola Outbreak, West Africa, 2013–2106 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 6 SP - 1035 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa caused breakdowns in public health systems, which might have caused outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. We tested 80 patients admitted to an Ebola treatment center in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for measles. These patients were negative for Ebola virus. Measles virus IgM was detected in 13 (16%) of the patients. KW - measles KW - measles virus KW - viruses KW - Ebola virus disease KW - outbreak KW - Ebola virus KW - Sierra Leone KW - West Africa KW - IgM DO - 10.3201/eid2306.161682 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/6/16-1682_article ER - End of Reference