Laboratory methods supporting measles surveillance in Queensland, Australia, 2010-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Australia was officially recognised as having eliminated endemic measles transmission in 2014. Maintaining laboratory support for surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles, is an essential component of reaching and maintaining transmission-free status.

Methodology

Real-time and conventional PCR-based tools were used to detect, differentiate from measles vaccine virus (MeVV), and sequence fragments of measles viruses (MeV) identified from specimens collected in Queensland. Specimens were mostly from travellers who had visited or returned to Queensland from international or interstate sites or been in contact with a case from either group.

Results

Between 2010 and 2017, 13 678 specimens were tested in our laboratory using real-time RT-PCR (RT

SUBMITTER: McMahon JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470308 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature