Measles Outbreak: A Case Study
Environmental and Global Health Issues
Measles Outbreak and Indicators In the year 2000 measles was considered eliminated in the United States, which means it is no longer a prevalent disease in this country. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approximately 60 people each year are diagnosed with the measles. However, this year, in 2013 there were 159 cases reported from January to August. ” This is the second largest number of cases in the U.S. since measles was eliminated in 2000.” (“Centers for Disease Control,” 2013) In ¼ of these cases, the person infected with measles contracted the disease while traveling to other countries. This year one case of measles lead to one of the largest outbreaks since …show more content…
Only 70 percent of the children ages 2-3 years old are fully immunized. This puts not only this population of the community at risk for measles, but also older adults who have declined vaccinations. The last outbreak in the community was in 2007. There was a young man who had recently been to Japan who was the source of the outbreak. Luckily, the source was identified early and prevention of the spread of the disease was successful.
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) suddenly broke out in 2002 in China. There were over 8,000 cases total with nearly 800 deaths caused by the virus. There have not been any new cases of SARS since 2004. SARS was considered a global threat so government organization such as the CDC, created a checklist for healthcare facilities to follow if another case is discovered. It was revealed by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (2013) that healthcare settings were most prevalent place of contagion. Therefore, it is important to have preparedness plan and the ability to report cases for all healthcare facilities if there is another breakout of this highly contagious and deathly
Measles Outbreak and Indicators In the year 2000 measles was considered eliminated in the United States, which means it is no longer a prevalent disease in this country. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approximately 60 people each year are diagnosed with the measles. However, this year, in 2013 there were 159 cases reported from January to August. ” This is the second largest number of cases in the U.S. since measles was eliminated in 2000.” (“Centers for Disease Control,” 2013) In ¼ of these cases, the person infected with measles contracted the disease while traveling to other countries. This year one case of measles lead to one of the largest outbreaks since …show more content…
Only 70 percent of the children ages 2-3 years old are fully immunized. This puts not only this population of the community at risk for measles, but also older adults who have declined vaccinations. The last outbreak in the community was in 2007. There was a young man who had recently been to Japan who was the source of the outbreak. Luckily, the source was identified early and prevention of the spread of the disease was successful.
Protocol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) suddenly broke out in 2002 in China. There were over 8,000 cases total with nearly 800 deaths caused by the virus. There have not been any new cases of SARS since 2004. SARS was considered a global threat so government organization such as the CDC, created a checklist for healthcare facilities to follow if another case is discovered. It was revealed by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (2013) that healthcare settings were most prevalent place of contagion. Therefore, it is important to have preparedness plan and the ability to report cases for all healthcare facilities if there is another breakout of this highly contagious and deathly