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Chicken Pox Outbreak Hits East County School
Parents Urged To Check Children's Immunizations
POSTED: 1:54 pm PDT October 10, 2007
UPDATED: 7:11 pm PDT October 10, 2007
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.nbcsandiego.com/js/13260191/script.js"></script><!--startindex-->SANTEE, Calif. -- San Diego County health officials are warning parents that their children may have been exposed to chicken pox at a Santee school.<hr>
Watch Video <hr>According to Dr. Wilma Wooten, public health officer, five students have been diagnosed with the disease at Cajon Park Elementary School. The children ranged in age from 4 to 11 years old. None of them had to be hospitalized.Officials said all five had previously received one chicken pox vaccine."It's imperative that parents check with their physicians to make sure their children are up to date for the chicken pox vaccine," Wooten said.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends two doses of chickenpox vaccine for anyone over 1 year of age who do not have evidence of immunity for the disease. Ninety-nine percent of people develop immunity after two doses.School administrators said they have sent letters to parents notifying them of the outbreak.Symptoms of the disease include a rash of blister-like lesions, covering the body, mostly concentrated on the face, scalp, and trunk. It is often accompanied by a fever, which develops just before or when the rash appears.The incubation period is from 14-16 days from exposure, with a range of 10-21 days. There can be complications after puberty, including bacterial infection, dehydration and pneumonia.
Parents Urged To Check Children's Immunizations
POSTED: 1:54 pm PDT October 10, 2007
UPDATED: 7:11 pm PDT October 10, 2007
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.nbcsandiego.com/js/13260191/script.js"></script><!--startindex-->SANTEE, Calif. -- San Diego County health officials are warning parents that their children may have been exposed to chicken pox at a Santee school.<hr>
Watch Video <hr>According to Dr. Wilma Wooten, public health officer, five students have been diagnosed with the disease at Cajon Park Elementary School. The children ranged in age from 4 to 11 years old. None of them had to be hospitalized.Officials said all five had previously received one chicken pox vaccine."It's imperative that parents check with their physicians to make sure their children are up to date for the chicken pox vaccine," Wooten said.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends two doses of chickenpox vaccine for anyone over 1 year of age who do not have evidence of immunity for the disease. Ninety-nine percent of people develop immunity after two doses.School administrators said they have sent letters to parents notifying them of the outbreak.Symptoms of the disease include a rash of blister-like lesions, covering the body, mostly concentrated on the face, scalp, and trunk. It is often accompanied by a fever, which develops just before or when the rash appears.The incubation period is from 14-16 days from exposure, with a range of 10-21 days. There can be complications after puberty, including bacterial infection, dehydration and pneumonia.