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. 2015 Feb 20;64(6):153-4.

Measles outbreak--California, December 2014-February 2015

Jennifer Zipprich, Kathleen Winter, Jill Hacker, Dongxiang Xia, James Watt, Kathleen Harriman; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Measles outbreak--California, December 2014-February 2015

Jennifer Zipprich et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .

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  • MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Feb 27;64(7):196

Abstract

On January 5, 2015, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) was notified about a suspected measles case. The patient was a hospitalized, unvaccinated child, aged 11 years with rash onset on December 28. The only notable travel history during the exposure period was a visit to one of two adjacent Disney theme parks located in Orange County, California. On the same day, CDPH received reports of four additional suspected measles cases in California residents and two in Utah residents, all of whom reported visiting one or both Disney theme parks during December 17-20. By January 7,seven California measles cases had been confirmed, and CDPH issued a press release and an Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X) notification to other states regarding this outbreak. Measles transmission is ongoing.

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Number of confirmed measles cases (N = 110),* by date of rash onset — California, December 2014–February 2015 *Reported to the California Department of Public Health as of February 11, 2015.
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