Maryland confirmed the primary measles incident amongst a Howard County resident who traveled internationally not too long ago.
The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) launched a constructive case in a information launch on Sunday. It was additionally confirmed by the Virginia Department of Health and Howard County Health Authority.
The case will not be associated to the Texas or New Mexico outbreak, the Department of Health confirmed.
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Authorities wish to determine individuals who might have been uncovered throughout their journey at particular instances and places beneath:
Travelers at Washington Dulles International Airport might have been uncovered to measles on March fifth, well being officers say. (Craig Hudson of the Washington Post by Getty Images)
March fifth, 4pm to 9pm: Washington Dulles International Airport: Terminal A, in transport and baggage requests space to Main Terminal
March 7, 3:30pm to 7:30pm: Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Division
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The MDH urged residents to verify these publicity instances, monitor for elevated signs, and be vaccinated and updated.
Symptoms of early measles embrace greater than 101 fever, cough, cough and purple eyes, in response to well being officers.
According to the Maryland Department of Health, a purple rash seems on the face and normally spreads to the remainder of the physique one to 4 days after the preliminary signs. (istock)
A purple rash seems on the face and normally spreads to the remainder of the physique 1-4 days after the preliminary signs.
Measles signs can happen 7-21 days after publicity, however normally seem inside 10-14 days, MDH added.
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People are contagious 4 days earlier than the rash seems, as much as 4 days after it’s transmitted.
The signal factors to a measles take a look at in a car parking zone within the Seminole Hospital district throughout from Wigwam Stadium in Seminole, Texas on February 27, 2025. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)
“If you are not vaccinated, there is a 90% likelihood you may get it and step into the room the place somebody with measles was two hours in the past,” he warned.
The greatest option to forestall measles is to obtain two doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and varied consultants.
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The Maryland Department of Health says pregnant ladies, infants below the age of 1 yr and people with immunocompromised are on the highest danger of measles issues.
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“People who haven’t been vaccinated or should not proof against measles. Those who had been in any of those places throughout the doable publicity instances ought to monitor themselves for early signs of measles 21 days after potential publicity,” the division stated.
The one-year-old Jacobs River is held by his mom, Caitlyn Fuller, however will obtain the MMR vaccine from Raynard Cobarbio on the vaccine clinic held by the Lubbock Public Health Department in Lubbock, Texas on March 1, 2025. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)
“People with fever or measles signs shouldn’t be made public in childcare, faculty, work or public locations and shouldn’t contact a healthcare supplier. They ought to name their healthcare supplier first, moderately than showing in ready rooms or emergency rooms in order that workplaces can take measures to stop spreading to different sufferers.”
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Maryland has sporadically occurring measles instances, so we included one case in 2024 and one case from 2020 to 2022.
In Texas, almost 200 confirmed measles as of Friday, affecting largely unvaccinated school-age youngsters.