Los Angeles County has declared a measles outbreak, becoming the largest metropolitan area in the United States to be hit by the resurgence of the disease.
As the New York Times reported, public health officials made the declaration in reaction to a surge in cases. As the report noted, vaccination rates are usually high in California but a single case of measles can spread quickly to those who are not vaccinated and infants who are too young to receive their immunization, as well as the elderly whose immune systems are suppressed.
The Los Angeles public health department said there have been five confirmed cases of measles and they believe that additional exposures may have taken place this month at the Los Angeles International Airport, on the UCLA campus, at restaurants near Glendale, and at the California State University library. It was not clear yet how many could have been in contact with the disease, but the number could be in the hundreds of thousands.
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