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Unusual case of measles diagnosed in European woman visiting Rhode Island
* THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
* First Posted: April 15, 2011 - 3:25 pm
Last Updated: April 15, 2011 - 3:25 pm
...Rhode Island's Department of Health announced Friday that a European woman in her 20s visiting the state has been diagnosed with the respiratory illness...The Department of Health says the woman flew to New York from an unidentified country in Europe Tuesday, then drove to Rhode Island...
Visitor from Italy brings rare case of measles to R.I.
01:00 AM EDT on Saturday, April 16, 2011
By Thomas J. Morgan
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE ? A case of measles, a highly contagious disease that is considered eradicated in the United States, cropped up in Rhode Island on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Health.
The patient is a woman in her 20s from Italy who arrived in New York from that country on Tuesday, said Annemarie Beardsworth, public information officer for the department. After she traveled by car to Rhode Island, she sought medical assistance, and ?an astute physician? ? who has not been identified ? informed the Department of Health that a potential case of measles was at hand. A blood test confirmed the diagnosis...
