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News | Feb. 28, 2025

BAMC’s prepared as measles outbreak arrives in San Antonio

By Jason W. Edwards

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, UNITED STATES  –   Brooke Army Medical Center is prepared as the current measles outbreak makes its way across south Texas, inching closer to San Antonio.

Measles is a highly contagious disease which causes fever, rash, cough and watery eyes. It can also cause serious complications for some people.

“Measles is caused by a respiratory virus that is transmitted by airborne transmission,” explained Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Alice Barsoumian, chief of BAMC’s Infectious Disease Service. “You can get it by breathing in microscopic viral particles in the air that were sneezed or coughed from a person infected with measles. These particles can remain in the air for several hours after a person has left.”

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