The Oregon Health Authority announced Tuesday that the first confirmed measles case has been found in Oregon. KLCC’s Rachael McDonald spoke with Lane County Senior Public Health Officer Dr. Patrick Leudtke to learn more.
Dr. Luedtke: This case, the Multnomah County case, is what we have been seeing in small numbers for many years in North America, where somebody traveled overseas [and] they were not protected because they were not prior vaccinated with the measles vaccine.
They got exposed somewhere overseas and then they brought it back here. That appears to be the case in Multnomah County…