The Texas Department of State Health Service (DSHS) follows a the outbreak of measles In the region of the Southern Plain State.
The agency first confirmed the epidemic on February 5 and has been growing ever since.
Tuesday update stated that 58 cases have been identified in the last three weeks of the symptoms.
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Most of the cases were reported in childrenWith 15 cases affecting children 4 years old and younger, 33 affect children 5 to 17, and only six cases occurring in adults. Age is still underway for four cases.
Thirteen of these patients were hospitalized, and only four were confirmed that they were vaccinated, according to DSHS. The remaining patients are either unreated or have an unknown vaccination status.
Symptoms include high fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes, followed by red spots that appear on the face and neck. (East)
In the Gaines district, forty -five cases of measles were recorded; The others are arranged by Terry County (9), Yoakum (2), Lubbock (1) and Lynn (1).
“Due to the very infectious nature of this disease, additional cases are likely to appear in Gaines district and surrounding communities,” DSHS reported in an update on its website.
“There is a 90% chance that you will get it if you are unreated and enter the room where someone with measles was two hours ago.”
“DSHS cooperates with a public health district of South Plains and Lubbock public health on research research an outbreak of epidemic. “
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The agency added that the best way to prevent the disease is to receive two doses of the measles vaccine, “primarily giving” as combined immunization of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).
Senior medical analyst Fox News, Dr. Marc Siegel commented on the threat of expansion.
The best way to prevent measles infection is to get a combined vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), according to health officers. (East)
“It is spreading and there are [58] Cases, but there will be hundreds because the compliance rate with the vaccine in that part of Texas is just over 80%, and we need 95% for the immunity of the flock, “he told Fox News Digital.
Siegel described the measles as “the most fried respiratory virus on the planet. ”
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“There is a 90% chance that you will get it if you are unreated and enter the room where someone with measles was two hours ago,” he warned.
“Texas is generally in danger – especially unvaccinated and those who cannot take the vaccine live the virus because they are pregnant or immunocompromite.”
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The growth of cases has come more than two decades after health agencies have reported that the disease was “eliminated” in 2000.
The descriptions can be spread by direct contact with infectious droplets or can be in the air in the air when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes, according to officials. Virus It can remain contagious in the air up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area.
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Symptoms usually occur within a week or two, and may include high fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes.
A few days later, straight, red spots appear on the face, then spread over the neck to the rest of the body. People are most infectious four days before and four days after the rash appears.
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Those who believe they can have measles or are exposed to self-propelled and call their doctor before arriving for testing, according to DSHS.
Fox News Digital, Alexandra Koch, contributed to this report.
