U.S. Multi-state Measles Outbreak, December 2014-January 2015
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Health Departments are investigating a multi-state outbreak of measles associated with travel to Disneyland Resort Theme Parks (which includes Disneyland and Disney California Adventure). The purpose of this HAN Advisory is to notify public health departments and healthcare facilities about this measles outbreak and to provide guidance to healthcare providers. Healthcare providers should ensure that all of their patients are current on MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine. They should consider measles in the differential diagnosis of patients with fever and rash and ask patients about recent international travel or travel to domestic venues frequented by international travelers. They should also ask patients about their history of measles exposures in their community. Please disseminate this information to healthcare providers in hospitals and emergency rooms, to primary care providers, and to microbiology laboratories.

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For more information:

• CDC. Measles–United States, January 1–May 23, 2014.
• CDC’s Measles (Rubeola) website.
• CDC’s Measles Vaccination website.
• CDC. Notes from the Field: Measles Transmission at a Domestic Terminal Gate in an International Airport — United States, January 2014.
• Medscape Today: CDC Expert Commentary: Measles: What You Might Not Know Recognizing, diagnosing, and preventing measles (running time: 5:20 mins).
• CDC. Prevention of Measles, Rubella, Congenital Rubella Syndrome, and Mumps, 2013: Summary Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) 
• CDC. Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases; Chapter 7: Measles