02/03/2019
Be alert for symptoms of measles. Public health recommends stay home if you're ill, and if you must visit a healthcare facility, call ahead.
MEASLES ALERT
Second Case
February 2, 2019
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) is reporting a local case of measles. The following is the list of possible exposures to this case.
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE LOCATION
January 18, 2019
2:00 – 5:30 PM McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois
January 28, 2019
9:00 AM-Noon
MTD #22 Bus
January 28, 2019
2:30PM-5:30 PM
MTD #22 Bus
January 28, 2019
9:30 AM – 4:15 PM University of Illinois School of Social Work
January 29, 2019
3:00 – 6:00 PM University of Illinois School of Social Work
January 31, 2019
7:30 – 9:30 PM Carle Hospital Emergency Department
January 27 – 31, 2019 Maywood Apartment Building at 51 East John Street, Champaign
MEASLES
CONTAGIOUSNESS: Measles is VERY contagious. Measles spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It is so contagious that if one person has it, 9 out of 10 people around him or her will also become infected if they are not protected. Your child can get measles just by being in a room where a person with measles has been, even up to two hours after that person has left. An infected person can spread measles to others even before knowing he/she has the disease—from four days before developing the measles rash through four days afterward.
SYMPTOMS: Symptoms of measles include rash, high fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. If individuals develop symptoms of measles, CUPHD recommends they CALL their health care provider BEFORE going to a medical office or emergency department. Special arrangements can be made for evaluation while also protecting other patients and medical staff from possible infection.
COMPLICATIONS: Measles can cause serious complications such as pneumonia and encephalitis (swelling of the brain). Measles is easily spread through the air when someone coughs or sneezes. People can also get sick when they come in contact with mucus or saliva from an infected person.
NOT VACCINATED? Most individuals have been vaccinated routinely in childhood (MMR, Measles, Mumps, Rubella vaccine) and are not at high risk. Most people born before 1957 have had measles, and have immunity.
Of most concern are people who have not been vaccinated, including infants. Individuals who think they have been exposed should call their health care provider about protection through prior vaccination or the need for vaccination. The health care provider will determine the need for vaccination and/or testing.
INFORMATION: For more information about measles, contact your health care provider, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District or visit the Illinois Department of Public Health website at www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/diseases-a-z-list/measles
or the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/index.html
