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Article: Rubella outbreak tracked 34 cases seen as disease spreads from jailed, homeless
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 18, 1994
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At least 34 cases of rubella, or German measles, have been
confirmed in an unusual outbreak that started among prisoners and
homeless people in the Boston area and is beginning to infect people
with no documented exposure to these populations, state officials
said yesterday.
In addition to the confirmed cases -- 15 in Boston and 19 in
surrounding areas -- another 16 cases are pending confirmation, said
Dr. Alfred DeMaria, director of communicable diseases for the state
Department of Public Health.
DeMaria said that an additional 1,000 doses of rubella vaccine
were on their way to health facilities that are attempting to head
off the highly unusual spread of a disease that seemed, a few years ...