id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-000441-5rm1za8z Curtale, Filippo Description of two measles outbreaks in the Lazio Region, Italy (2006-2007). Importance of pockets of low vaccine coverage in sustaining the infection 2010-03-11 .txt text/plain 4380 224 50 Pockets of low vaccine coverage individuals (Roma/Sinti communities, high school students) facilitated the reintroduction of serotypes not endemic in Italy and facilitated the measles infection to spread. Two cases among the Italian ethnic population, who developed symptoms on 19 and 20 July, reported contact with Roma/Sinti patients with measles in a hospital waiting area, on 4 and 10 July They confirmed that pockets of low vaccination coverage exist in some areas of the Lazio region, particularly among Roma/Sinti communities and adolescents Thanks to relatively high immunisation rates amongst new born children (90,7%) [10] and the work done by the local health authorities, conducting contact investigation of cases', vaccination of susceptible school and household contacts, and implementing isolation measures, the outbreaks did not affect the whole region and, in the city of Rome, was mainly limited to a few peripheral districts (Figure 2 ). ./cache/cord-000441-5rm1za8z.txt ./txt/cord-000441-5rm1za8z.txt