Kimberly Gressick, Amy Nham, Thomas D Filardo, Kendall Anderson, Stephanie R Black, Katherine Boss, Maribel Chavez-Torres, Shelby Daniel-Wayman, Peter Dejonge, Emily Faherty, Michelle Funk, Janna Kerins, Do Young Kim, Alyse Kittner, Colin Korban, Massimo Pacilli, Anne Schultz, Alexander Sloboda, Shane Zelencik, Arti Barnes, Joshua J Geltz, Jodi Morgan, Kyran Quinlan, Heather Reid, Kevin Chatham-Stephens, Tatiana M Lanzieri, Jessica Leung, Chelsea S Lutz, Ponesai Nyika, Kelley Raines, Sumathi Ramachandran, Maria I Rivera, Jordan Singleton, Dennis Wang, Paul A Rota, David Sugerman, Stephanie Gretsch, Brian F Borah
Measles, a highly contagious respiratory virus with the potential to cause severe complications, hospitalization, and death, was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000; however, with ongoing global transmission, infections in the United States still occur. On March 7, 2024, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) confirmed a case of measles in a male aged 1 year residing in a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago. Given the congregate nature of the setting, high transmissibility of measles, and low measles vaccination coverage among shelter residents, measles virus had the potential to spread rapidly among approximately 2,100 presumed exposed shelter residents...
May 16, 2024: MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report