Illinois: 2015 Measles

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Source: http://chicago.suntimes.com/health-c.../323544/323544

Northern suburban measles case is Illinois' first of 2015
Posted: 01/27/2015, 09:59am | Monifa Thomas, mjthomas@suntimes.com
A vial of MMR vaccine, which stands for Mumps-Measles-Rubella. | Associated Press

A suburban Cook County resident is this year?s first confirmed case of measles in Illinois, state officials said.

The resident became ill in mid-January and tested positive for measles, the Illinois Department of Public Health said...

...Officials said those who may have been exposed include:

Patients of and visitors to the emergency room of Northwest Community Hospital, 800 W. Central Rd., Arlington Heights, from 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 14, and from 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 17.
Customers of the Supermercado Guzman, 1611 N. Baldwin Rd., Palatine, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on both Jan. 12 and Jan. 13.
Patients of and visitors to the Vista Clinic, 1585 N. Rand Rd., Palatine, from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 16...

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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/0...d-in-illinois/


Cluster of measles outbreak reported in Illinois
Published February 05, 2015
FoxNews.com

Health officials in Illinois are investigating a cluster of measles at a Cook County daycare center, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Five children under the age of one, all with ties to KinderCare Learning Center, are being tested. Two of them have been confirmed to have measles, while results for the remaining three are still pending.

The Illinois Department of Public Health and Cook County Department of Public Health said in a statement that the source of the infection for the children is not immediately known...

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Source: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/7...ases-confirmed


3 more measles cases confirmed; total of 6 now in state
Posted: 02/06/2015, 10:37am | Monifa Thomas

Three more children ? all under the age of one ? have been confirmed to have measles from a Palatine daycare center, health officials said Friday.

Tests are still pending for those three, but they have been diagnosed based on symptoms, the Associated Press reported.

State and Cook County officials announced yesterday that they were investigating a cluster of measles cases at KinderCare Learning Center, 929 E. Palatine Rd, after two children were confirmed to have it...

[Emily]

A couple of people I know who date back to prior to the measles vaccine era do not remember infants getting the disease. I don't think daycares are the reason, since measles is so infectious that infants were certainly frequently exposed by siblings. The inability of vaccinated mothers to pass along immunity as well as women with natural immunity seems to be the problem.

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/...mune-responses Loss of Passively Acquired Maternal Antibodies in Highly Vaccinated Populations: An Emerging Need to Define the Ontogeny of Infant Immune Responses

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Source: http://www.wlsam.com/common/page.php...9112&is_corp=0


Three more measles cases in Illinois confirmed
5:47AM Tuesday
February 10, 2015

(COOK COUNTY) Three additional cases of measles have been confirmed in Illinois, bringing the total to 9 this year, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Monday.

Eight of those confirmed measles cases are from northern suburban Cook County, Melaney Arnold, a spokeswoman for IDPH, told the Chicago Sun-Times.

All eight of those people ? two adults and six children ? were unvaccinated, the Cook County Department of Public Health said. The county health department has previously said the children at KinderCare were too young to be vaccinated, but it was not immediately clear if the additional child diagnosed with measles was also younger than one...

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Source: http://abc7chicago.com/health/health...age-co/511974/


Measles outbreak: DuPage Co. health officials warn of potential exposures
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DuPage County health officials said potential measles exposures may have occurred in Carol Stream and Bloomingdale.
WLS
Updated 56 mins ago

...So far, there have been 10 confirmed cases of measles, all in Cook County. There are no cases of measles in DuPage County, but health officials warn it is likely those individuals visited locations across northern Illinois.

DuPage County health officials said potential exposures may have occurred to patients and visitors at:

- Advanced Pediatrics Neonatal Medicine in Bloomingdale on January 26 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., January 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or January 31 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

- Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa in Carol Stream on February 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or February 7 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

- Jewel-Osco on Army Trail Road in Carol Stream on February 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m...

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Source: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/28...te-total-to-13


Two more Cook County measles cases bring state total to 13
Posted: Feb 13, 2015 8:43 PM EST Updated: Feb 13, 2015 8:44 PM EST

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -

Two more suburban Cook County children have been diagnosed with measles, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 13 in Illinois, officials said Friday.

Both of the two new cases confirmed Friday are children under one year old who were both associated with KinderCare Learning Center in Palatine, according to Divya Mohan Little, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health.

All 13 cases reported statewide are from Cook County, health officials said...

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Source: http://www.wlsam.com/common/page.php...9601&is_corp=0


14th person diagnosed with measles in Illinois
4:43PM Tuesday
February 17, 2015

(Chicago) Another infant at the KinderCare facility in Palatine has been diagnosed with measles, officials said Tuesday.

That brings the measles count in Illinois to 14, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting...

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local...294092201.html

15th Measles Case Confirmed in Illinois
Updated 3 hours ago

Cook County health department officials confirmed a 15th case of measles in Illinois on Wednesday.

Officials say the latest case is an adult,..All 15 cases reported statewide are in Cook County and 13 of them are related to the outbreak at the KinderCare Learning Center, including one adult and 12 infants.

Officials say potential exposure from the newest confirmed case may have occurred at the following places:

? LaRosita Laundromat at 1212 E. Dundee Rd. in Palatine on Feb. 16
? Vista Clinic at 1585 North Rand Road in Palatine on Feb. 19

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Source: http://abc7chicago.com/health/lake-c...posure/535842/

Lake County health officials warn of possible measles exposure
Thursday, February 26, 2015 02:01PM

LONG GROVE, Ill. (WLS) --
Health officials in Lake County are warning residents of a possible measles exposure in suburban Long Grove.

While officials emphasize that there are no confirmed cases of measles in the county, they are cautioning anyone who visited the Menards store at 2700 W. Lake Cook Road on Feb. 15 between 7:55 a.m.-3:20 p.m.

An individual who tested positive for the virus, who could have been contagious, was at the store during that time, officials said...

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Source: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news-chi...rtments-150000

Measles waning in Illinois, but outbreak cost health departments $150,000
Posted: 03/14/2015, 08:50pm | Associated Press

The recent measles outbreak in Cook County cost state local health departments at least $150,000.

Most of the costs were shouldered by suburban Cook County, where 13 of the state?s 15 cases were linked to a Palatine daycare center.

Illinois hasn?t seen a new measles case since Feb. 25...

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Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2...ews/151008713/

updated: 10/9/2015 5:26 PM
Report: Suburban measles cases similar to Disneyland strain, can't be connected


Most of the suburban people infected with measles earlier this year carried the same strain that was found in the high-profile outbreak that started at Disneyland, but officials weren't able to definitively link the two.

That's according to a two-page memo by Illinois Department of Public Health officials summarizing the measles outbreak in Illinois this year.

"Of the 14 cases that were laboratory-confirmed PCR positive by the Illinois State Public Health Laboratory, 13 were genotyped and found to be measles genotype B3," the memo released to the Daily Herald reads. "This genotype was also identified in a recent multistate outbreak linked to a Disney theme park in California and a large outbreak in the Philippines."

But, spokeswoman Melaney Arnold says, state officials didn't find travelers or patients that provided a link between the local cases and the California ones...