US- CDC: 141 Measles cases to date

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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/02/health/cdc-january-measles-report-disney/


CDC: 102 measles cases in January, most stemming from Disney outbreak
By CNN Staff
Updated 12:19 PM ET, Mon February 2, 2015

(CNN)Health officials say 102 people in 14 states were reported to have measles in January, most of them stemming from "a large, ongoing multi-state outbreak linked to" Disneyland in California in mid-December.

The report comes a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory to provide guidance for the nation's health care facilities and public health departments...

 

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Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-measles-case-count-rises-to-141-cdc-says-1424208811
[h=1]U.S. Measles Case Count Rises to 141, CDC Says[/h] [h=2]Numbers suggest outbreak is gradually slowing but far from under control[/h]
By Betsy McKay
Feb. 17, 2015 4:33 p.m. ET

Measles continued to spread last week in the U.S., with 141 cases reported in 17 states and the District of Columbia between Jan. 1 to Feb. 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.

Of them, 113 cases, or about 80% of the total, are part of a multistate outbreak stemming from a Disneyland Resort, the CDC said. The vast majority of cases linked to that outbreak are in California.

The new total represents a 16.5% increase in cases compared with the previous week, suggesting the outbreak is gradually slowing but far from under control, at least in California. ..

 

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Measles Cases

From January 1 to February 13, 2015, 141 people from 17 states and Washington DC were reported to have measles [AZ (7), CA (98), CO (1), DC (1), DE (1), IL (11), MI (1), MN (1), NE (2), NJ (1), NY (2), NV (4), OR (1), PA (1), SD (2) TX (1), UT (2), WA (4)]†. Most of these cases [113 cases (80%)] are part of a large, ongoing multi-state outbreak linked to an amusement park in California.

[COLOR=#404040 !important]† CDC will update these data weekly on Mondays.[/COLOR]
The United States experienced a record number of measles cases during 2014, with 644 cases from 27 states reported to CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). This is the greatest number of cases since measles elimination was documented in the U.S. in 2000.

• The majority of the people who got measles were unvaccinated.
• Measles is still common in many parts of the world including some countries in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa.
• Travelers with measles continue to bring the disease into the U.S.
• Measles can spread when it reaches a community in the U.S. where groups of people are unvaccinated.

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http://www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html