Another Case of Measles Reported in Pa.

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Another Case of Measles Reported in Pa.
By Dan Stamm | Friday, Jul 29, 2011 | Updated 8:04 AM

For the second time in less than a week a case of potentially highly-contagious measles was reported in Suburban Philadelphia.

This time a 34-year-old Montgomery County woman came down with measles after traveling to Nigeria where there is currently a measles outbreak, according to the Montgomery County Health Department.

There is no evidence that this case is in any way connected to the Berks County case reported Tuesday.

A number of people who possibly came in contact with the unidentified person were contacted and asked to stay home if they were never immunized for measles, officials said.

Exposures may have occurred at the following locations and times:

•July 24, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. - Victory Christian Fellowship at 2650 Audubon Road in Lower Providence
•Between 10:00 p.m. July 26 and 5:00 a.m. July 27 - Mercy Suburban Hospital Emergency Department on DeKalb Pike in East Norriton
•July 27, 3:50 and 6:10 p.m. - Whitemarsh Medical Services at 1107 Bethlehem Pike, Suite 210, Flourtown, PA

Infants yet to be immunized, people who were never vaccinated and immune-compromised people are most at risk for measles, officials said.

Measles is highly contagious, anyone no vaccinated that is suffering from symptoms like a high fever, watery eyes, cough, runny nose, and conjunctivitis (pink eye) should stay home and immediately contact their health care provided, officials said.

 

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Amtrak Passenger Had Measles, Health Officials Say

WASHINGTON - Health officials in Virginia have issued an alert about possible measles exposure on an Amtrak train out of Philadelphia.

The Washington Post reports reports that Virginia Health Department spokeswoman Maribeth Brewster said a foreign visitor to northern Virginia had the measles.

The visitor took Amtrak's Northeast regional train No. 171 from Philadelphia on Wednesday. Health officials are advising anyone who took that train to check their vaccination status.

Measles are highly contagious and can be spread through coughing and sneezing and by contact with nasal, oral or throat secretions from an infected person.

Brewster said symptoms from an Aug. 17 exposure could develop until Sept. 7.

She said the visitor developed measles outside the United States and showed symptoms only after arriving in this country.

The Northeast Regional train No. 171 originated in Boston, Mass., at 8:15 a.m. and made stops in Maryland (Aberdeen, Baltimore – Penn Station, BWI and New Carrollton), District of Columbia (Union Station) and Virginia (Alexandria, Burke Centre, Manassas, Culpeper, Charlottesville and Lynchburg). The train ended its run in Lynchburg at 8:36 p.m. Passengers who got off of the train before its arrival in Philadelphia need not be concerned.