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Quarantine used in Iowa to contain measles

Last Updated: 2004-10-22 15:15:28 -0400 (Reuters Health)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A measles outbreak earlier this year was contained by instituting quarantine measures after exposed persons refused post-exposure preventative treatment, according to a report from the Iowa Department of Pubic Health and other state offices.

As described in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, local and state health departments contacted people exposed to a student returning to Iowa from India who had come down with measles.

Two of these contacts caught measles, and people exposed to them were also identified.

Articel from Reuters Health

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