Disney Measles Outbreak

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An 11 year old unvaccinated child was admitted to the hospital on December 28, 2014 for onset of rash, suspected measles. During the child’s exposure period, it was reported that this child had traveled to the Disney theme park in Orange County. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) had found out about this 11 year old suspected measles case on January 5th, 2015. On this same day the CDPH had also found out about six other suspected measles cases. Four of these cases were California residents and two were Utah residents, all reported that they had visited that Disney theme park during December 17-20, 2014. By January 7, 2015, there were seven confirmed measles cases in California. On February 11, 2014, a total of 125 confirmed measles …show more content…

However the source of the initial exposure in the Disney theme park has not been identified, but specimen from 30 California patients were genotyped. All of the specimens were measles genotype B3, which the CDC reports in identical to the virus type that caused a large measles outbreak in the Philippines in 2014 (Zipprich, 2015). The outbreak in the Philippines affected 20,000 people and caused 69 deaths (Bernstein, 2014). Measles genotype B3 was also detected in at least 14 countries and six U.S. states (Zipprich, …show more content…

If traveling internationally to developing countries where measles is more common, like Africa or Asia, a person is at higher risk of becoming infected (Mayo Clinic, 2014). Measles outbreak can be particularly risky in countries that are undergoing or recovering from a natural disaster (WHO, 2017). Because of the natural disaster, there is damage to health infrastructure and health services causing overcrowding in residential camps, which can lead to increased risk of infection. Also according to Mayo Clinic Health Systems, if a person has a vitamin A deficiency, they are more likely to become infected with measles and to have more-severe

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