Letter to the editor: measles on the cruise ship: links with virus spreading into an emergency department in Southern Italy.

Authors reply: measles on the cruise ship: links with virus spreading into an emergency department in Southern Italy.

The Italian Ministry of Health has to date identified 29 confirmed cases of measles that occurred between 20 February and 10 March 2014 on the cruise ship in question. Of them, 23 were crew members and six were Italian passengers (data for non-Italian passengers are not available). These include three cases in addition to those reported before [2], one passenger with disease onset on 27 Februar...

Measles on a cruise ship: links with the outbreak in the Philippines.

To the editor: We thank Mandal et al. for their letter in response to our paper. Firstly we would like to point out that most the concerns raised are due to the fact that our article was a preliminary report, which was also stated in the title. It was intended to rapidly inform about an outbreak of measles affecting European and non-European citizens that was ongoing at the time of publication ...

Extensive Nosocomial Transmission of Measles Originating in Cruise Ship Passenger, Sardinia, Italy, 2014

We report a measles outbreak in Sardinia, Italy, that originated in a cruise ship passenger. The outbreak showed extensive nosocomial transmission (44 of 80 cases). To minimize nosocomial transmission, health care facilities should ensure that susceptible health care workers are vaccinated against measles and should implement effective infection control procedures.

PICO-based problem solving (question-answer) of the ST-segment elevation in the aVR lead in a patient with chest pain referred to a hospital emergency department: Letter to Editor

In evidence-based medicine, constructing research questions is the most important part of research integration. Formulating a research question is the first step to conducting a credible and valuable research. Patient, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) is a specialized framework used by most researchers to formulate a research question and facilitate resource review. In the heart ward of...

Mass Measles Vaccination