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The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) confirms the first case of measles in Bexar County. This case is badociated with the case of measles Guadalupe County reported by Texas State Department Health Services on March 6, 2019. The last measles case recorded in Bexar County dates back to 2007.
This brings to 14 the total number of measles cases in Texas this year. Texas had nine confirmed cases in 2018 and one in 2017.
Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease transmitted when an infected person coughs or sneezes in the air. The disease usually starts a week or two after a person's exposure to the virus exhibiting symptoms such as a high fever, a cough, a runny nose and red, watery eyes.
A few days later, the revealing rash is manifested by red and flat spots on the face, then spreads around the neck and trunk until the rest of the body. A person is contagious about four days before the onset of rashes. People with measles should stay at home, at work or at school during this time.
The best way to prevent the disease is to take two doses of the measles vaccine. People can also limit the spread of measles and other diseases by washing their hands or using a hand sanitizer, covering coughs and sneezes with a tissue or shirt, disinfecting hard surfaces and do not share food, drinks or utensils with patients.
From January 1 to March 14, 2019, 268 individual cases of measles were confirmed in 15 states.
States reporting CDC cases are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington.
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