Measles At A Rock Concert Goes Viral

If you went to see the Kings of Leon concert on March 28 in Seattle, lets hope you came home with nothing but great memories.

A young woman at that concert in Seattle has come down withmeasles, which can be spread for days by a person whos infected but not yet sick. Thats bad news for the thousands of people who shared the concert hall with her, or were at the many other places she went that week.

And thats why the Washington State Department of Health has published the unidentified womansscheduleonline.

"The reason were doing this is that its so highly contagious," saysDr. Jeffrey Duchin, who is chief of communicable disease control for Seattle and King County Public Health, which investigated the measles case. It can stay in the air for hours after the contagious person has left. If we dont treat these people, the chain of transmission can continue.

The young woman became contagious on March 26, after visiting a family with measles cases that were linked to an outbreak in British Columbia. Unaware she was infected, she went to work at a bakery, filled her car up at a gas station, went to the concert, went to Pike Place Market and went out for sushi. All the while she was spreading viruses in the air.

So if you were at the Starbucks at 102 Pike Street between 11:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. on March 29 and youre not sure if youre immune to measles, theWashington State Department of Healthwants you to see a health care professional immediately. You may be in the market for a quick shot of vaccine or immune globulin.

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Photo:This ones virus-free: Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill and Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon performed in Los Angeles in December. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Radio.com)

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