Michigan: 2013 Measles cases

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Source: http://wwmt.com/shared/news/feature...h-dept-warns-probable-measles-case-9823.shtml

Health Dept. warns of probable measles case
Updated: Monday, May 6 2013, 02:44 PM EDT

CALHOUN COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) ? The Calhoun County Public Health Department is warning parents of a probable case of measles in the county.

The department says that the child is less than one year old and had recently traveled outside of the country. Because of the child's age it had not yet received the two recommended measles/mump/rubella vaccine.

The health department is investigating if there are any individuals that are at risk of contracting measles because of exposure to the child. They say that exposure may have occurred on Tuesday, April 30th at a Battle Creek area pediatric office or at a Kalamazoo area emergency room. The specific facilities have not been identified by the health department...

 

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Source: http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/...r-investigation-Calhoun-County?nclick_check=1



Possible measles case under investigation in Calhoun County
May 7, 2013 2:01 PM |


...Health officer Jim Rutherford said Tuesday that an 8-month-old child from Battle Creek is suspected to have contracted measles while on a trip to Pakistan.

The case is still under investigation and it has not yet been determined if the child actually has measles...

...The child was taken to Cereal City Pediatrics, 2545 Capital Ave. S.W., on April 30. From there, the child was taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo...

 

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Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/05/hold_cdc_checking_internationa.html

Battle Creek child with measles prompts search for more than 100 contacts in 15 states
Rosemary Parker | rparker3@mlive.com By Rosemary Parker | rparker3@mlive.com
on May 10, 2013 at 3:08 PM, updated May 10, 2013 at 3:09 PM

measles.jpgThe face of boy with measles (third day rash).Courtesy of CDC
KALAMAZOO, MI ? A Battle Creek-area baby with measles is recuperating without incident. But the 8-month old triggered a search for more than 100 people in 15 states who could have been exposed to the disease when the contagious baby traveled on an international flight, health officials say.

Kalamazoo County health officials tracked down about 30 patients from a hospital emergency room in Kalamazoo that the child visited April 30.

Calhoun County officials did likewise with patients possibly exposed in a Battle Creek pediatric office that saw the child April 29.

In Calhoun County, 48 households were notified of exposure, including two pregnant women who were exposed, one with a history of measles and one who did not know her immunization status. The vaccine is not recommended for pregnant women.

It fell to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, though, to find 53 passengers from 15 states who may have been exposed to measles on the international flight the baby was on that came into Chicago two days earlier, when the child was likely contagious...

 

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Source: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/09/23/measles-cases-reported-among-16-states-including-michigan/

Measles Cases Reported Among 16 States Including Michigan
September 23, 2013 3:19 PM

SOUTHFIELD (WWJ) - Cases of the measles seem to be on the rise and Michigan is one of the 16 states reporting new cases since mid-August...

...In Michigan, there have been two reported cases involving babies who were exposed while traveling out of the country.

Both have recovered since...

 

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Source: http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/...measles-case-here-earlier-year?nclick_check=1


State confirms rare measles case here earlier this year
Nov. 5, 2013 4:13 PM
Written by
Andy Fitzpatrick


...The Michigan Department of Community Health issues a weekly report of the Michigan Disease Surveillance System. For the Nov. 2 report, one case of measles was reported for Calhoun County, one Health Officer Jim Rutherford of the Calhoun County Public Health Department said was the first he?s seen here in more than five years...

...The measles victim, an 8-month-old child, contracted the disease while in Pakistan earlier this year. The health department then suspected measles, but final testing was yet to come, officials said in May. The MDCH report confirmed it...

...The Calhoun case is one of five in the state so far this year. Three cases were in Midland County, and another one happened in Kent County...