Health officials: Infant didn’t have measles
Published 1:16 pm Saturday, May 11, 2019
- Symptoms of measles include high fever, cough, runny nose, and rash. Photo courtesy of Medical News Today
Alabama Department of Public Health officials say more testing shows a Pell City infant did not have measles.
Officials announced Friday that final test results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were negative for measles.
The case involving 5-month-old Emma Peine, had been Alabama’s first presumptive case of measles after a May 2 commercial laboratory test was positive.
State health officials urged people to make sure they are up to date on all vaccines, especially measles vaccine, because measles is circulating in 23 states.