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(33,295 posts) Fri Apr 19, 2013, 03:22 PM Apr 2013

Measles outbreak: man who died in Swansea was infected, lab tests reveal [View all]

Source: The Guardian

A 25-year-old man has become the first person to die with measles in the Swansea outbreak as health authorities in Wales try to bring the highly infectious disease under control.

Laboratory tests by Public Health Wales (PHW) confirmed the diagnosis within hours of the man's body being found in a flat in Swansea on Friday. He has been named locally as Gareth Williams.

Investigations by the coroner as to whether the measles caused the death are continuing. If it were the reason, it would be the first measles fatality in the UK for five years.

Marion Lyons, PHW's director of health protection, said: "Public Health Wales laboratory tests have confirmed a diagnosis of measles in a 25-year-old male from Swansea who died on Thursday 18 April.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/apr/19/measles-outbreak-swansea-death

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Measles outbreak: man who died in Swansea was infected, lab tests reveal [View all] alp227 Apr 2013 OP

Has Wales sharp_stick Apr 2013 #1

Not recently. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #5

I think so. alarimer Apr 2013 #17

I had measles when I was 42 years old. Ugh! loudsue Apr 2013 #2

I had measles as a child, also mumps and whooping cough. Shrike47 Apr 2013 #3

we had a triple here in the UK for children late 1940's on the NHS. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #4

Aren't many vaccinated for this? JNelson6563 Apr 2013 #6

Function of age dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #8

at age 25 he would have likely had two barbaraj Apr 2013 #9

Thanks barbaraj & dipsydoodle! Good points! JNelson6563 Apr 2013 #11

According to the CDC drmeow Apr 2013 #19

2 million children NOT vaccinated sufficiently in UK mainer Apr 2013 #20

Thank you, arseholes who do not vaccinate their children. Why it's not considered a child abuse is idwiyo Apr 2013 #7

as an old woman, this is interesting HockeyMom Apr 2013 #10

Yes, I know this to be true. JNelson6563 Apr 2013 #12

These illnesses are far milder in children mainer Apr 2013 #21

I had all of them, too! kurtzapril4 Apr 2013 #13

When I had Rubella at 6 HockeyMom Apr 2013 #14

Despite that cause of death has to be confirmed. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #15

Anti-vaxxers are responsible for this death. alarimer Apr 2013 #16

clearly there should be no anger barbaraj Apr 2013 #22

you know one would think these diseases would be extinct by now... madrchsod Apr 2013 #18

I did some checking, just to see if this was possibly the case barbaraj Apr 2013 #23