DENVER — A vaccinated adult in Denver who sought care at a Lakewood urgent care clinic last week has tested positive for measles, becoming the fifth person to become infected in the state so far this year.
In a joint news release Friday, officials from the Colorado, Denver and Jefferson County public health departments said the individual recently traveled to the state of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico, which is currently experiencing a measles outbreak.
The patient “has verified vaccination records” for the MMR vaccine and was not vaccinated before 1968, when a previous version of the MMR vaccine was found to be less effective against measles, according to a spokesperson with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)…