Measles transmission by 'fly-in fly-out' workers in Australia.

Conclusion: FIFO workers congregating on large industrial projects are a discrete risk group with the potential to spread infectious diseases over large distances, both domestically and internationally. Implications: FIFO workers' immunisation history should be reviewed prior to deployment. Catch-up vaccination, where appropriate, would minimise transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and help maintain a healthy, productive workforce.
PMID: 24090324 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - October 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Burgess CP, Markey P, Skov S, Dowse G Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research