Surly_Cynic OP t1_iwvg48v wrote
Reply to comment by kdonirb in As measles outbreak sickens dozens of children in Ohio, local health officials seek help from CDC | CNN by Surly_Cynic
The more I dig into this, I'm wondering if this outbreak started back in June and is only now being recognized to have fairly significant community spread. It seems a bit strange for it to suddenly be in so many different schools and daycare facilities.
There was an identified imported case in June in a 17-month-old toddler who had traveled out of the country. She would have been eligible for the vaccine earlier in the year, several months prior to the trip, but it sounds like her parents hadn't yet gotten it for her.
>The infected child is from Franklin County and recently traveled to a country with confirmed measles cases, ODH said.
>Columbus Public Health said the child is a 17-month-old female, who is not vaccinated against the virus. The child and her family are isolated at home.
>ODH said the state occasionally sees measles cases as the result of importations from other countries where measles remains endemic.
DwarvenRedshirt t1_iwx3yy8 wrote
It could also be that multiple families travelled to Kenya at around the same time and brought it back.
Surly_Cynic OP t1_iwxipps wrote
Yes, that is definitely possible.
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