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The Oregon Health Authority and Multnomah County health officials on Wednesday announced another potential measles exposure site.
This time, it’s Legacy GoHealth Urgent Care, 2850 SE Powell Valley Road, Unit 100, Gresham, between 3:05 p.m. and 7:09 p.m. Sunday.
People who were at this location during this date and time should immediately contact their health care provider and let them know they may have been exposed to someone who has measles, officials said. The health care provider can determine whether you are immune to measles based on your vaccination record, age, or laboratory evidence of prior infection.
It’s the latest in a string of measles cases and potential exposures in the greater Portland area.
Earlier this week, six new cases of measles were reported in Clark County, all involving unvaccinated children. In that instance, there were no public exposure sites.
Elsewhere, however, officials have warned of possible measles exposure at:
Vancouver Clinic, Salmon Creek, on Northeast 139th Street between 1:30 and 5:30 p.m., July 17
Sky Zone Beaverton trampoline park, 10750 S.W. Denney Road, between noon and 3 p.m. on July 18.
Legacy Go Health Urgent Care at 22262 N.E. Glisan St., between 4 and 8 p.m. on July 23
Randall Children’s Hospital emergency department waiting room, 2801 N. Gantenbein Ave., Portland:
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, East Pavilion Medical Office Building lobby, elevators and seventh floor, 9155 S.W. Barnes Road, Portland, 10:20 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. Tuesday
Measles is a highly contagious, potentially serious illness caused by a virus. It’s spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. People with measles can be contagious before they show symptoms, officials said, and the disease can linger in the air after an infected person has left.
Symptoms usually appear seven to 21 days after exposure and often begin with a fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes before a rash starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body.
Experts say two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine are about 97% effective at preventing the disease.
The virus is particularly dangerous for children younger than 5, people who are pregnant and people with weakened immune systems.
According to a recent news release from Clark County, common complications of measles include ear infection, lung infection and diarrhea. Swelling of the brain is a rare but much more serious complication. Measles may cause pregnant people to give birth prematurely or have a low-birthweight baby. For every 1,000 children with measles, one or two will die from the disease.
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