Montgomery Co. PA: Measles alert

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Source: http://www.centredaily.com/2010/08/13/2150580/measles-reported-in-traveler-from.html

Measles reported in traveler from suburban Philly
- The Associated Press
August 13, 2010 5:43pm EDT

NORRISTOWN, Pa. ? Health officials in suburban Philadelphia fear that a local resident who contracted measles may have exposed others to the contagious disease.

Officials in Montgomery County say the unidentified resident had traveled to Malawi in southern Africa...
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Source: http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2010/08/13/news/doc4c65ac5f9a802829033774.txt

...Anyone who visited the following places at the following times may have been exposed:

Dr. Rosenberg's dental office, Montgomery Avenue, Narberth, July 27 between 9 a.m. and noon

The Acme store on Montgomery Avenue in Narberth between July 27-29

Whole Foods on East Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood between July 27-29

Philadelphia International Airport, U.S. Airways Baggage Claim sections B and C between 6-9:30 p.m. July 28

The beach in Longport, N.J., on July 30

Delaware Valley Infectious Disease Associates office, Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, Aug. 3 between 11:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

Lankenau Hospital Lab, East Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, Aug. 3 between 1:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

 

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Re: Montgomery Co. PA: Measles alert

Source: http://timesherald.com/articles/2010/09/01/news/doc4c7f191856620120671546.txt


Second measles case confirmed
Published: Wednesday, September 01, 2010

BY KEITH PHUCAS
Times Herald Staff

COURTHOUSE ? A 25-year-old man who is a student at Bryn Athyn College is the second confirmed case of measles in Montgomery County this year.

The Montgomery County Health Department is investigating the measles case involving the college student who had traveled recently to Zambia, Africa where there is a large, ongoing measles outbreak, according to health officials.

Currently, the student is hospitalized and in isolation and will be discharged when all restrictions have been lifted. Health Department investigators and college staff have contacted individuals who might have been exposed to the sick man to evaluate each person?s risk...

...Morton said an August measles case involving a 47-year-old Lower Merion woman, who had also traveled to Africa, is not connected to the student?s illness...