Persons in the United States infected with measles brought it from Israel and Ukraine, and passed it on to members of their communities, many of whom had not been vaccinated.
They were infected by visitors from Israel, where a measles outbreak began a year ago.
An outbreak in the state of Michigan — where 39 cases have been reported — has been traced to a single person, according to The Washington Post. “This kid was in a pocket of kids that weren’t immunised by choice,” said Scott Lindquist, epidemiologist for the Washington State Department of Health.“What we know about this cluster is they all match each other,” Lindquist said. “We did DNA fingerprinting, or genetic sequencing, essentially.One theory links the outbreaks in Israel and Ukraine to an annual pilgrimage to the Ukrainian city of Uman by tens of thousands of Orthodox Jewish men to visit the grave of a revered rabbi.
“We certainly are concerned that it will be the largest number of cases since elimination in 2000,” Messonnier said There have been outbreaks previously, for example, among the Amish community in Ohio in 2014 and Somali immigrants in Minnesota in 2017.In Clark County, 849 non-vaccinated students were barred from 15 schools where children had come down with measles.
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