Measles — California, January 1–April 18, 2014

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Zipprich, Jennifer ; Hacker, Jill K. ; Murray, Erin L. ; Xia, Dongxiang ; Harriman, Kathy ; Glaser, Carol
• Description:
  Measles is a highly contagious, acute viral illness that can lead to severe Complications and death. Even patients who experience uncomplicated acute measles have a small risk for developing a devastating neurologic illness, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, years after their infection. Measles was documented as eliminated (defined as interruption of continuous Transmission lasting ≥12 months) in the United States in 2000; however, importation of measles cases and limited local Transmission continue to occur. During January 1-April 18, 2014, the California Department of Public Health received reports of 58 confirmed measles cases, the highest number reported for that period since 1995. Patients ranged in age from 5 months to 60 years. Three (5%) patients were aged <12 months, six (10%) were aged 1-4 years, 17 (29%) were aged 5-19 years, and 32 (55%) were aged ≥20 years. As of April 18, there had been 12 hospitalizations, and no deaths had been reported. During 2000-2013, the median annual number of measles cases reported in California was nine (range = four to 40).
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Humans Infant Measles Measles Vaccine Middle Aged Notes From The Field Travel Vaccination Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2014; 63(16):362-363.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  24759659
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4584779
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  16
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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