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Health authorities are looking for Southwest Airlines passengers on four flights that may have been exposed to measles.
The airline said one person diagnosed with measles was in a southwestern plane on August 21 and 22, according to a representative of the airline.
The targeted flights are:
August 21: Flight No. 5 Dallas Love Field at Houston William P. Hobby Airport.
August 21: Flight No. 9 William P. Hobby in Houston at the Valley International Airport in Harlingen.
August 22: Flight No. 665 from the Valley International Airport to Harlingen to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston.
August 22: Flight No. 44 from William P. Hobby Airport from Houston to Dallas Love Field.
The airline does not disclose any information about the traveler who could have spread the disease, according to a spokesman for Southwest Airlines.
"Our safety and security groups have been working with the CDCs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) to support the agency's work to reach our clients who have traveled on four intra-Texas flights the week last, the airlines said.
"We shared situational awareness and protocols with our employees who were also on board these aircraft," the statement said.
Measles is so contagious that if someone is infected, 90% of people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected, according to the CDC.
Measles usually starts with a high fever, a cough, a runny nose and red, watery eyes. Three to five days after the onset of symptoms, a rash occurs. It usually begins with flat red spots that appear on the face at the level of the hairline and spread to the neck, trunk, arms, legs and feet.
Small raised bumps may also appear on flat red spots. The spots can meet when they spread from the head to the rest of the body. When the rash appears, a person's fever can reach over 104 degrees Fahrenheit. After a few days, the fever disappears and the eruption disappears, says the CDC website.
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