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Volume 23, Number 7—July 2017
Synopsis

Measles Outbreak with Unique Virus Genotyping, Ontario, Canada, 2015

Shari Thomas, Joanne Hiebert, Jonathan B. Gubbay, Effie Gournis, Jennifer Sharron, Alberto Severini, Manisa Jiaravuthisan, Amanda Shane, Valerie Jaeger, Natasha S. Crowcroft, Jill Fediurek, Beate Sander, Tony Mazzulli, Helene Schulz, and Shelley L. DeeksComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (S. Thomas, J.B. Gubbay, N.S. Crowcroft, J. Fediurek, B. Sander, T. Mazzulli, S.L. Deeks); Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (J. Hiebert, A. Severini); University of Toronto, Toronto (E. Gournis, N.S. Crowcroft, B. Sander, T. Mazzulli, S.L. Deeks); Niagara Region Public Health, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (J. Sharron, V. Jaeger); Toronto Public Health, Toronto (M. Jiaravuthisan); Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (A. Shane); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (A. Severini, H. Schulz)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of 18 case-patients identified during a measles outbreak, by health unit and overall, Ontario, Canada, January 25–March 23, 2015*

Characteristic
 No. (%) patients
NRPH
 TPH
 Other PHU
 Overall
Age group, y        
<18 4 (66.7) 3 (30.0) 0 7 (38.9)
>18
 2 (33.3)
 7 (70.0)
 2 (100)
 11 (61.1)
Sex        
M 2 (33.3) 4 (40.0) 2 (100) 8 (44.4)
F
 4 (66.7)
 6 (60.0)
 0
 10 (55.6)
Hospitalized        
Yes 1 (16.7) 1 (10.0) 0 2 (11.1)
No
 5 (83.3)
 9 (90.0)
 2 (100)
 16 (88.9)
Immunization status        
Unknown 0 3 (30.0) 1 (50) 4 (22.2)
Known 6 (100.0) 7 (70.0) 1 (50) 14 (77.8)
Unimmunized 6 3 0 9
1 dose 0 3 0 3
2 doses 0 1 1 2

*NRPH, Niagara Region Public Health; PHU, public health unit; TPH, Toronto Public Health.

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