Measles warning for air travelers

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Public health officials are warning travelers and workers present at four U.S. airports on two recent days that they may have been exposed to measles from a traveler arriving from London.

Authorities said Saturday that a New Mexico woman later confirmed to have measles arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport late in the afternoon of Feb. 20. Two days later, the measles-infected traveler departed from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport near Baltimore on an evening flight to Denver, Colo., and then on to Albuquerque, N.M.

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DENVER (CBS4)- Denver International Airport is warning travelers and employees that they may have been exposed to measles. The exposure would have happened on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

According to the Department of Public Health and Environment, a person with measles arrived at DIA, Gate C39 at about 9 p.m. That person remained in the area for several hours.

People who were working or traveling through Concourse C at DIA on Tuesday after 9 p.m. should monitor themselves for any early symptoms of measles, especially fever, from March 1 to March 12.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/02/25/dia-travelers-warned-of-possible-measles-exposure/

 

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Re: Measles warning for air travelers

The department said that on Feb. 21 between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. the woman apparently went from Georgetown to Columbia Heights, using buses on the D1 or D6 route for part of the trip. She apparently returned between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on an S2 or S4 bus, officials said.

In Columbia Heights, the department said, she might have been at the Potbelly Sandwich Shop in the 1400 block of Irving Street NW.

Dr. Maggi Gallaher, medical director of the public health division of the New Mexico Health Department, said the woman apparently was exposed to measles while in Europe. She flew from BWI to Denver, and then to Albuquerque, Gallaher said.

The woman was hospitalized for a few days in New Mexico but is recovering at home, Gallaher said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022806385.html


US health officials on alert over measles infection

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WASHINGTON ? US health officials are warning air travelers about possible exposure to measles, after a woman infected with the highly communicable disease traveled in Britain and several US states.

The 27-year-old first traveled from Britain to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, just outside the US capital, visiting Washington and the neighboring state of Maryland before flying to Albuquerque, New Mexico after a transfer in Denver, Colorado.

Local and state health officials are now searching for people who may have been exposed to measles during the unidentified woman's extensive travels.

"We have not heard up to now from anyone infected," said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman Jeff Dimond on Tuesday.

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