Measles Can Travel

A MINUTE OF HEALTH WITH CDC
Measles Can Travel
Multistate Measles Outbreak Associated with an International Youth
Sporting Event — Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texas, August–September, 2007
February 28, 2008

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In the United States, measles is no longer a major health concern because most
people have been vaccinated against the disease. However, outbreaks of the
childhood illness can still occur. A major international sporting event for children
held in the United States in August of 2007 resulted in seven people being
diagnosed with measles.

Virtually all measles outbreaks in the U.S. today are caused by someone bringing
the disease in from another country and spreading it to others. Such was the
case in the most recent outbreak. Vaccination is still the most effective way to
prevent measles, so parents, make sure your children are up-to-date on their
vaccinations.

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