Public health officials have confirmed the first measles in a resident of the County of Los Angeles this year – the second infected person known for having crossed Los Angeles International Airport in 2025.
A county resident who traveled when he was infectious arrived in Lax in the Tom Bradley International Terminal (Terminal B) on a flight from China Airlines on March 5, the Los Angeles County Ministry of Public Health announced on Tuesday.
Measles is a viral infection that spreads in the air and via droplets. This can potentially lead to serious health complications, including death. The virus can spread when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes, or a person can contract them by touching an infected surface, according to the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The disease is so contagious, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Said, you can get measles just being in a room where an infected person was – even up to two hours after this person left the room.
This is the second recent case of a infected person in measles exhibiting others in Lax. Last month, a infected infant Return home to Orange County arrived at the airport on a Korean air flight at Terminal B.
Health managers have listed the following locations that the infected person visited after their flight.
People who risk exposure to the recent measles case include:
- Voyages that were at the Tom Bradley international terminal in Lax on the evening of March 5 between 7:40 p.m.
- People who visited Cloud 9 Salon in North Hollywood on March 7 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., the living room is at 5142 N. Lankershim Blvd.
- Customers of the superior grocers at 10683 Valley BLVD. In El Monte who went on March 10 between 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
California has now Five cases of measles reported March 11 in the midst of an expanding measles epidemic in the United States
This total includes the first reported case of the County of Fresno, announced on Tuesday. The person had recently traveled internationally and had become infectious a few days later, but public health officials did not disclose where the person traveled and in which airport he arrived.
Fresno's acting health official said that the person's travel history is not relevant because he became contagious without knowing March 2 and attended a religious convention in Madera County where hundreds of people were present. The man arrived in a local hospital on March 7 where he was diagnosed. Fresno County's infectious resident was not immune to measles.
Overall, there are 222 cases through the country in states that include Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington, According to the CDC.
Until now, all cases of measles diagnosed in California were infected people who have traveled internationally, said the county health service.
At least 17% of cases nationwide required hospitalization for the management of measles complications or for isolation purposes, and two people died of complications of the disease; Most of the cases were among people who were not immune.
Health managers say the best way to protect themselves from measles is the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR). Two doses of ROR vaccine are effective by around 97% to prevent measles; A dose is effective by around 93%. The CDC recommends Obtain the first dose of the ROR vaccine at the age of 12 to 15 months and the second dose at 4 to 6 years old.
What if you have been exposed to measles
If you were on theft or terminal, at the Manicure Salon or the Grocery store where the infected traveler visited, you should:
- Review your vaccination and medical records to determine if you are protected from measles. If you have not had measles in the past or have not yet obtained the measles vaccine, you risk contracting the disease.
- Contact and inform your health care provider as soon as possible on potential exposure if you are pregnant, have a weakened immune system or if you have not been immune to the disease. Parents or tutors of infants who have been exposed must contact their pediatrician.
- Watch yourself for symptoms, especially an unexpected fever or rash from seven to 21 days after potential exposure.
- If the symptoms develop, stay at home and do not enter a health establishment before calling first to make them aware of your exposure and your symptoms.
How long it takes for the symptoms of measles to appear
Symptoms can develop seven to 21 days after exposure.
Exposed people who have been free from symptoms for more than 21 days are no longer in danger.
The symptoms of measles
Between seven and 14 days after exposure, your symptoms could include a strong fever, a cough, a flowing nose, red and aqueous eyes and a rash.
From seven to 18 days after the exhibition, you can develop a rash on your face and the upper neck. The eruption can spread on your hands and feet for three days. Health officials say the eruption should last five or six days before discoloration.
The infection can cause serious complications, in particular blindness, encephalitis (an infection causing swelling of the brain and, potentially, brain lesions), severe diarrhea and related dehydration, ear infection, difficulties in breathing due to pneumonia and, in some cases, death, according to World Health Organization
It is more common that complications occur in children under the age of 5 and adults over 30, according to public health experts.
