Riesgo de contagio de sarampion para un viajero chileno en 2017

Background: There is always a risk of importing infectious diseases when travelling abroad. Aim: To estimate the effective risk of a Chilean of acquiring measles during a travel by countries where measles outbreaks have been reported, considering the present level of immunity in the country. Mate...

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Autores principales: Canals,Mauricio, Rojas,Camila, Avendaño,Luis Fidel
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2019
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720190005006502020-02-28Riesgo de contagio de sarampion para un viajero chileno en 2017Canals,MauricioRojas,CamilaAvendaño,Luis Fidel Measles Models, Theoretical Travel-Related Illness Background: There is always a risk of importing infectious diseases when travelling abroad. Aim: To estimate the effective risk of a Chilean of acquiring measles during a travel by countries where measles outbreaks have been reported, considering the present level of immunity in the country. Material and Methods: Previously established mathematical models using differential equations were applied to calculate the risk of acquiring measles of people traveling to endemic areas. Results: The probability of acquiring measles of a voyager is 8.11 x 10-8. Conclusions: These estimations help decision making about preventive measures for travelers to endemic measles areas.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.147 n.5 20192019-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872019000500650es10.4067/S0034-98872019000500650
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Measles
Models, Theoretical
Travel-Related Illness
spellingShingle Measles
Models, Theoretical
Travel-Related Illness
Canals,Mauricio
Rojas,Camila
Avendaño,Luis Fidel
Riesgo de contagio de sarampion para un viajero chileno en 2017
description Background: There is always a risk of importing infectious diseases when travelling abroad. Aim: To estimate the effective risk of a Chilean of acquiring measles during a travel by countries where measles outbreaks have been reported, considering the present level of immunity in the country. Material and Methods: Previously established mathematical models using differential equations were applied to calculate the risk of acquiring measles of people traveling to endemic areas. Results: The probability of acquiring measles of a voyager is 8.11 x 10-8. Conclusions: These estimations help decision making about preventive measures for travelers to endemic measles areas.
author Canals,Mauricio
Rojas,Camila
Avendaño,Luis Fidel
author_facet Canals,Mauricio
Rojas,Camila
Avendaño,Luis Fidel
author_sort Canals,Mauricio
title Riesgo de contagio de sarampion para un viajero chileno en 2017
title_short Riesgo de contagio de sarampion para un viajero chileno en 2017
title_full Riesgo de contagio de sarampion para un viajero chileno en 2017
title_fullStr Riesgo de contagio de sarampion para un viajero chileno en 2017
title_full_unstemmed Riesgo de contagio de sarampion para un viajero chileno en 2017
title_sort riesgo de contagio de sarampion para un viajero chileno en 2017
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2019
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872019000500650
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