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San Diego County now has 10 active measles cases, all of them linked to Disneyland visits in December, public-health officials confirmed Thursday.
Six siblings, 22 months to 18 years in age, had arrived Wednesday at the Sharp Rees-Stealy urgent care center in La Mesa with rashes and other signs of measles. Shortly afterward, the county’s Health and Human Services Agency learned of a case involving an adult older than 50.
Testing confirmed Thursday that all seven of those individuals had measles. Those patients joined three children in the county who contracted the highly contagious disease after visiting the amusement park.
Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county’s public health officer, said only the adult patient had been vaccinated for measles.
That person and several of the child patients reported traveling to Disneyland on Dec. 18.
The six siblings, she said, are not enrolled in public school.
Disneyland is the epicenter of California’s ongoing measles outbreak. According to the California Department of Public Health, 28 people who visited the park from Dec. 17 to 20 have tested positive for measles.
Some of those patients then infected others in their home settings or in public places.
Viruses that cause measles can linger in the air for up to two hours. Symptoms make take 21 days to manifest; they start with runny nose and red eyes and progress to a full-body rash.
When measles cases pop up, public-health departments work to determine where and when patients may have come in contact with members of the public.
Officials have identified nine public locations that were visited by at least one of the 10 infected individuals. Those sites are:
•City of San Diego operations Building, 1222 First Ave., San Diego, Monday from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
•CVS Pharmacy, 2760 Fletcher Parkway, El Cajon, Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m.
•Vons, 2800 Fletcher Parkway, El Cajon, Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m.
•Sharp Rees-Steely Urgent Care Clinic, 5525 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, Jan. 3 from 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and Wednesday from noon until the clinic was closed at 1 p.m.
•Rite Aid Pharmacy, 1665 Alpine Blvd., Alpine, Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m.
•Trader Joe’s, 5495 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, Monday from 4 to 7 p.m.
•Absolute Personal Fitness, 2000 Main St., Julian, Jan 9. from 5 to 7 p.m.
•Julian Fitness Center, 2216 Main St., Julian, Jan. 9 from 5 to 7 p.m.
•Parkway Plaza Mall in El Cajon, Dec. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.