U.S. Multi-State Measles Outbreak, December 2014–January 2015 [January 23, 2015, 14:00 ET (2:00 PM ET)]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  January 23, 2015, 14:00 ET (2:00 PM ET)
  
  CDCHAN-00376
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Health Departments are investigating a multi-state outbreak of measles associated with travel to Disneyland Resort Theme Parks (which includes Disneyland and Disney California Adventure). The purpose of this HAN Advisory is to notify public health departments and healthcare facilities about this measles outbreak and to provide guidance to healthcare providers. Healthcare providers should ensure that all of their patients are current on MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine. They should consider measles in the differential diagnosis of patients with fever and rash and ask patients about recent international travel or travel to domestic venues frequented by international travelers. They should also ask patients about their history of measles exposures in their community. Please disseminate this information to healthcare providers in hospitals and emergency rooms, to primary care providers, and to microbiology laboratories.
  
  
• Content Notes:
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• Subjects:
  Measles Measles Virus Recreation
• Keywords:
  HAN Health Alert Network
• Source:
  HAN ; 376
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Advisory
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Utah ; Washington ; Oregon ; Colorado ; Nebraska ; Arizona ; Mexico
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Issue:
  376
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0e2100cac6d78d037c823339db28430a7fbcf3fe0522f5d25afbdd324bf6a31dc4d8bf3fad2f873e6187a40e71cdcff31434357b17d9aff2ea8903b6498a24e7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27137/cdc_27137_DS1.pdf
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