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Tracking travelers, who were exposed to the measles after a passenger who was contagious crossed three major US airports are health officials.In a statement, Tom Skinner, spokesman of the Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC), a woman with a confirmed case of measles travelled from the UK Denver International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, and airport Albuquerque said last week.
Skinner said the CDC available provided has the official first information to track the health of passengers on flights, who may have been with him in contact, and if their vaccines are updated.
Responsible for the health of the Colorado issued a warning Friday, travelers and workers at the Denver International Airport from possible exposure to the passenger that is New Mexico and was at the airport for several hours Tuesday evening.
Skinner said the case believe officials contractually monitored diagnosed measles.
He said that States will determine, who sit on danger and other passengers near the confirmed case is generally to watch.
Measles is a highly contagious virus spread person to person, the seven, 18 days after exposure developed. It looks and feels like the first, but later a rash develops a cold on the face and spreads to the rest of the body.
People with measles are contagious four days and four days after the eruption.
Measles is the leading cause of death in children in the developing world, but it is rarely seen United States where vaccination is required for all children of school age.
The CDC according to the recent outbreak of measles in the United States in 2008, in which more than 130 cases in 15 Member States were reported.