CCIC Provider Education: It Is a Small World After All: The Public Health Impact and Immunologic Assessment of a Disneyland Measles Case in El Paso County, Colorado

Date: Thursday, April 21, 2016

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Location: Children's Hospital Colorado, 2nd Floor 13123 E. 16th Ave. Aurora, CO 80045

Please join CCIC for a presentation on the public health response to a Disneyland-associated measles case in El Paso County, Colorado.

This session will cover:

• A timeline of events
• How the disease investigation was conducted, specifically the use of Incident Command Structure and quarantine
• The immune status of the case, including the resulting serologic and avidity testing to help determine whether the previously vaccinated case represented secondary vaccine failure, atypical measles, or primary measles

Speakers:

Bernadette Albanese, MD, MPH - Medical Epidemiologist, Tri-County Health Department

Robyn Espy, MPH - Communicable Disease Epidemiologist, El Paso County Public Health

Shannon Rowe, MPH - Communicable Disease Program Manager, El Paso County Public Health

Registration:

Please register  by Friday, April 15 to reserve your seat! Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP.

To participate via webinar:

For an optimal learning experience, we recommend attending this presentation in person. However, if distance or time does not allow, we welcome you to
register for ReadyTalk web and audio access.