Another state confirms measles case with infected child its first of year

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) precocious reported the state's archetypal measles lawsuit of the year, identifying the diligent arsenic a kid nether 4 years aged who precocious traveled internationally. 

While the section released constricted accusation astir the patient, it confirmed the kid lives successful the northwest region. 

Health officials are coordinating efforts to place anyone who mightiness person been exposed, according to a quality merchandise from VDH.

Measles outbreaks person been declared successful 8 states, the astir caller announced Thursday successful Michigan.

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A diligent with measles (iStock)

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Oakland County Health Division confirmed the archetypal lawsuit of measles successful Oakland County March 14, and the authorities is up to 8 cases detected this year.

"This archetypal lawsuit of measles successful Virginia this twelvemonth is simply a reminder of however easy this highly contagious illness tin spread, peculiarly with planetary travel," said VDH epidemiologist Laurie Forlano. 

Forlano said the MMR vaccination remains the champion defence against measles and is "safe and highly effective" astatine protecting radical and preventing outbreaks.

Two doses of the vaccine are fixed to supply beingness protection. 

"We impulse Virginians, particularly those readying to travel, to cheque their vaccination status, speech to their wellness attraction supplier and get the MMR vaccine if needed," she said.

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A measles advisory is shown connected a bulletin committee extracurricular Gaines County Courthouse successful Seminole, Texas.  (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Anyone who was astatine the Kaiser Permanente Caton Hill Medical Center Advanced Urgent Care from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday oregon astatine the Kaiser Permanente Fredericksburg Medical Center Pediatrics Department from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday whitethorn person been exposed, officials said.

Those who received a measles-containing vaccine (either the measles, mumps and rubella [MMR] vaccine oregon a measles-only vaccine disposable successful different countries), whitethorn beryllium astatine hazard of processing measles. 

However, those who received 2 doses of a measles-containing vaccine oregon were calved earlier 1957 are protected and bash not request to instrumentality immoderate action.

In Virginia, astir 95% of kindergartners are afloat vaccinated. 

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A kid receives a vaccination successful Los Angeles March 25.  (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

However, infants who are excessively young to beryllium vaccinated and others who are not vaccinated are susceptible to measles. 

Infants 6 months done 11 months of property who volition beryllium traveling internationally oregon to an country wherever an outbreak is reported should person 1 dose of MMR vaccine anterior to travel.

Measles is simply a highly contagious unwellness that tin dispersed easy done the aerial erstwhile an infected idiosyncratic breathes, coughs oregon sneezes, according to the VDH.

Symptoms usually look successful 2 stages, with first-stage symptoms 7 to 14 days aft vulnerability being a fever of greater than 101 degrees, runny nose, watery reddish eyes and a cough. 

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A container containing measles vaccinations successful Houston (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

The 2nd signifier starts 3 to 5 days aft symptoms begin, erstwhile a rash appears connected the look and spreads to the remainder of the body. 

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People with measles are contagious from 4 days earlier the rash appears done 4 days aft the rash appears, according to wellness officials.

Fox News Digital's Angelica Stabile contributed to this report.