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The country’s health agency warned doctors Monday about an increase in measles cases that in a little more than three months has equaled all of the U.S. cases last year.
There had been 58 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year as of Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, compared to 58 in all of 2023.
In the cases this year, 93% were linked to international travel, the agency said. Most of the cases involved children a year old or older who haven’t yet gotten measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccinations.
This comes as a wave of at least 10 measles cases have erupted at a migrant shelter in Chicago, and at least 7 cases of measles were found at an elementary school in Florida last month.
In the press release on Monday, the CDC wrote:
Measles (rubeola) is highly contagious; one person infected with measles can infect 9 out of 10 unvaccinated individuals with whom they come in close contact. From January 1 to March 14, 2024, CDC has been notified of 58 confirmed U.S. cases of measles across 17 jurisdictions, including seven outbreaks in seven jurisdictions compared to 58 total cases and four outbreaks reported the entire year in 2023. Among the 58 cases reported in 2024, 54 (93%) were linked to international travel.
The CDC also wrote:
Measles is a highly contagious viral illness and can cause severe health complications, including pneumonia, encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), and death, especially in unvaccinated persons. Measles typically begins with a prodrome of fever, cough, coryza (runny nose), and conjunctivitis (pink eye), lasting 2 to 4 days before rash onset. The incubation period for measles from exposure to fever is usually about 10 days (range 7 to 12 days), while rash onset is typically visible around 14 days (range 7 to 21 days) after initial exposure. The virus is transmitted through direct contact with infectious droplets or by airborne spread when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes, and can remain infectious in the air and on surfaces for up to 2 hours after an infected person leaves an area. Individuals infected with measles are contagious from 4 days before the rash starts through 4 days afterward.
CDC issues Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory on increase in #measles cases and outbreaks.
Clinicians: ensure children in the U.S. and those traveling internationally 6 months and older are current on MMR vaccination.
Read full alert: https://t.co/SF83Lr15lG pic.twitter.com/TVfAQiIkW7
— CDC (@CDCgov) March 18, 2024
CDC issues alert warning doctors about an increase in measles cases that in a little more than three months has equalled all of the U.S. cases from last year. https://t.co/naYxn2tkIC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 19, 2024
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