A sample of the new enhanced content for the Travel tab, was provided on ProMED related to an outbreak of Measles in New Mexico:

Travel and measles
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1982 – An outbreak (7 cases) among patients in a pediatrician’s office in the United States was related to an imported case from Korea.
1998 – An outbreak (69 cases, 2 hospitalized, 0 fatal) in Tuvalu was ascribed to introduced cases among workers from Nauru.
1998 – An outbreak (33 cases) was linked to an infected visitor arriving in Alaska, United States, from Japan.
1999 – An outbreak (75 confirmed cases) in Australia was traced to an index case from Indonesia.
2000 – Outbreaks (78 cases, total) in Canada were linked to travel in Mexico (6 cases), Bolivia (19 cases), and Belgium (25 cases).
2000 – An outbreak (992 cases, or 57 percent of all cases for the Americas region) in Haiti was thought to have originated with imported cases from the Dominican Republic.
2000 to 2001 – An outbreak (1062 cases, 0 fatal) was reported in Tanzania among refugees from Burundi.
2001 – An outbreak (37 cases) in Venezuela was ascribed to a case imported from Europe.
2001 – An outbreak (14 cases) in the United States was reported among internationally adopted children.
2002 – An outbreak (1334 suspect cases; 128 confirmed) in Colombia was traced to index patients who had acquired the disease in Venezuela.
2002 – An outbreak (13 cases) in the United States resulted from a case imported from the Philippines.
2002 – An outbreak (6380 suspect cases; 2397 confirmed) in Venezuela was traced to measles imported from Europe.
2003 – An outbreak (107 cases) in an unvaccinated religious community in Israel followed introduction of an index patient from Switzerland.
2003 – An outbreak (22 cases) was reported in Mexico following importation of measles from either Japan or Korea.
2004 – An outbreak (59 cases) was reported in Mexico following importation of an index case from Asia.
2004 – 10 confirmed cases were identified among Chinese children (from Hunan) arriving in the United States, and 3 Chinese children arriving to Norway.
2005 – An outbreak (34 cases) in the United States was related to an index case who contracted measles in Romania.
2005 to 2006 – An outbreak (27 cases) in Mexico was related to index cases who had worked at an international airport.
2006 – An outbreak (7 cases) in Australia was related to an imported index case.
2006 – An outbreak (15 cases) in an office building in the United States was associated with an index case, which had arrived from India.
2006 – An outbreak (3 cases) was reported among members of an adoption group returning to the United States from China.
2006 – An outbreak (44 cases) in Venezuela was ascribed to an index case arriving from Spain.
2006 to 2007 – An outbreak (213 cases) in Spain followed importation of a case from Eastern Europe.

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