About 20,000 people who attended a large religious gathering in Kentucky last month may have been exposed to measles, and undervaccinated attendees should quarantine and monitor symptoms for 21 days, the CDC says
The CDC alert was sent to clinicians and public health officials after the Kentucky Department for Public Health identified a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated individual on February 24. The individual had a history of recent international travel and attended a large religious gathering February 17 and 18 at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, as previously reported by CNN.
For people who think they have measles or have been exposed to someone with the virus, the CDC recommends isolating from others and calling to notify a health care facility before arriving to be tested. Measles is a highly contagious viral illness that begins with symptoms typical of many respiratory illnesses followed by a characteristic rash that usually appears on the face and spreads downward three to five days after symptoms begin.
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