A graduate student at the University of California in Irvine roamed the campus for three days while suffering from the measles, exposing students and the facility to the highly contagious disease, authorities said Saturday.
. An infant too young for the MMR vaccine is the county’s second confirmed case. Officials said that additional cases are likely.
About 90% of people who have never been immunized against measles become ill seven to 21 days after exposure, according to the Long Beach Department of Health. A small percentage of vaccinated people who can still become affected, as was the case with the UCI student, said Holman. Those individual’s symptoms are usually milder and the patients experience less life-threatening complications from the measles, she said.
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