INDIANAPOLIS — State health officials have confirmed a case of measles in northern Indiana. The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is working with local health departments and healthcare providers in LaGrange and Steuben counties to identify anyone who may have been exposed to the patient while infectious and to prevent further transmission of the disease.

ISDH is also consulting with public health officials in Michigan and Texas because the investigation has found risk of exposure in those states as well.

Individuals who visited these locations on the dates and times provided may have been exposed:

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital Urgent Care – 1381 N. Wayne St., Angola, IN 46703
3:45 p.m. – 6:35 p.m. Saturday, March 30

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital Laboratory
5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30

Holy Angels Catholic Church – 402 S. Nottawa St., Sturgis, MI 49091
Sunday, March 31

San Miguel Grocery – 211 Jacob St., Sturgis, MI 49091
Sunday, March 31

Walmart Supercenter – 1500 S. Centerville Road, Sturgis, MI 49091
Sunday, March 31

Chuy’s Restaurant – 1512 Harvey Road, College Station, TX 77840
Friday, March 29

Anyone who may have been exposed at those locations should watch for symptoms until April 21.

Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus. It is rare in the United States due to the widespread availability of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine; however, visitors from other countries or U.S. citizens traveling abroad can become infected before or during travel.

From Jan. 1 to March 28, 2019, 387 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 15 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is the second-greatest number of cases reported in the United States since measles was eliminated in 2000. Indiana had one confirmed measles case in 2018.

Source: WANE