Spotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak in Ireland 2009-2010
Eurosurveillance·
- DOI
- 10.2807/ese.15.09.19500-en
- PMID
- 20214870
- PMCID
- —
- OpenAlex
- W2762083228
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The report documents measles transmission involving unvaccinated people and subsequent wider population spread in Ireland. These observations provide outbreak context relevant to vaccination coverage and transmission patterns, without establishing causality or broader population effects.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The article describes the occurrence and spread of a measles outbreak in Ireland during 2009–2010, including the vaccination status and community distribution of reported cases.
Study design
This is a descriptive journal article reporting notified measles cases during an outbreak. The supplied abstract does not describe a comparative or analytic study design.
Population and setting
The setting was Ireland, with cases reported from August 2009 through February 2010. The abstract identifies unvaccinated people and cases associated with Traveller, Roma, eastern European, and vaccination-opposed-parent communities, followed by spread into the wider population.
Main findings
The abstract reports 320 notified measles cases, including 206 among unvaccinated people. Early cases were substantially associated with the Traveller community, with additional cases in other named communities; by February 2010, transmission had extended to the general population.
Public-health relevance
The report documents measles transmission involving unvaccinated people and subsequent wider population spread in Ireland. These observations provide outbreak context relevant to vaccination coverage and transmission patterns, without establishing causality or broader population effects.
Important limitations
The supplied material is limited to a single-article abstract and bibliographic metadata. It does not provide the original paper's methods, case definitions, ascertainment details, statistical analyses, or a full assessment of limitations; the original article is required for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
The article is discoverable as an Ireland measles outbreak report with vaccination-related and community-distribution context. The supplied evidence describes an historical article and does not confirm or characterize any live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 14 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.