Measles Alert - Arizona

Fact Sheet (84k PDF, 1p.)
Provider fact sheet "Quicksheet" (California Department of Public Health - 138k PDF, 2pp.)

Health officials have issued a health alert because of a measles outbreak in the Tucson, Arizona area. Anyone who hasn't been immunized against measles and has traveled recently to the Tucson, Arizona area or has had visitors from the area, should contact their health care provider if they have symptoms of measles, which include fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes followed in a few days by a rash. Health care providers also should be on the lookout for these symptoms.

Through March 31, 2008, nine confirmed cases have been reported to the Arizona Department of Health Services, and there are two suspected cases (one in a Colorado resident) and hundreds of contacts under investigation. The nine case-patients range in age from 10 months to 50 years. All but one were infected in health care settings, one of the five adult case-patients is a health care worker, and all cases were unvaccinated at the time of exposure.

The first case, with rash onset on February 12, 2008, occurred in an adult visitor from Switzerland who was hospitalized with measles and pneumonia. This hospital admission prompted verification of the measles immune status of approximately 1800 health care personnel and vaccination of those without evidence of immunity.

For more information about measles, visit: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website or MedicineNet.com

For information on Contra Costa Immunization Clinics and Travel Immunization Clinics or call 925-313-6767.

See more information designed specifically for health care providers.

Content provided by the Communicable Disease Programs of Contra Costa Public Health Division.