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. 2015 Aug 7;64(30):832–833. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6430a5

TABLE.

Number of contacts* exposed to an MMR-vaccinated health care worker with measles, by age group and MMR vaccination status — Maricopa County, Arizona, 2015

Age group Total Immunocompromised History of measles disease MMR vaccination status

≥1 dose No doses Unknown
0–11 months 21 0 0 0 21 0
1–17 years§ 210 9 0 166 8 27
≥18 years§ 228 0 2 145 2 79
Unknown 19 0 0 13 0 6
Total 478 9 2 324 31 112

Abbreviation: MMR = measles, mumps, and rubella.

*

Includes only patients and their family members.

Health care worker had documented receipt of two MMR doses, but history of negative measles IgG serology test results.

§

Includes 50 persons aged 1–17 years and one person aged ≥18 years using the Arizona State Immunization Information System (ASIIS) records for MMR history; any ASIIS records with no MMR vaccine history were considered unknown.

Fifty-one patients (among 47 families) could not be contacted; assumed one adult accompanied each patient or family of patients for siblings (i.e., the parent or guardian).