What is the best way to help contain the spread of measles at a university campus?

Without immunisation, how best should the students and administration behave in order to contain the spread of a virus such as measles?

TOKYO, April 17 -- Japan's southern Kanto region, including Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture, has been hit by a measles outbreak, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Tuesday, warning of a bigger outbreak toward summer.
Yoshinori Yasui, a senior researcher at the institute, urged people with measles symptoms such as a rash and fever ''not to go to drop-ins if the measles breaks out in schools and communities.''

The measles virus is virulent and spreads through coughing and sneezing. After an incubation period of around 10 days, the virus causes a high fever and cold-like symptoms followed by a red rash covering the entire body, the institution said.

Only the symptoms can be treated and it is important that children be vaccinated twice against the disease -- at the age of 1 and before entering elementary school, it said.
The number of measles patients reached 26 in the week through April 1, the highest for any week since last September, according to a survey covering 3,000 pediatric hospitals across Japan. Of the 26, 11 were from Saitama Prefecture and nine from Tokyo, the institute said.

The number of measles patients aged 15 or higher also marked a week-to-week increase to 11 in the reporting week, mostly from Tokyo.

An outbreak of measles forced a public high school in Tokyo's Nerima Ward to postpone an enrollment ceremony earlier this month, and a total of 123 public-school students were suspended from attending school in Tokyo between January and March due to the disease, according to the local authorities.

Though the death rate from the disease is low, several people still die of it in Japan annually, the institution said.

Anyway, the best answer would be to stay away from where cases were confirmed but at the same time one should not be too concerned. If rash and fever appears, isolation is necessary. Post-exposure vaccination is also an option. As you know, there is no therapy for measles.

at a guess i would say you can't, immunisation is the only reliable way

is there a joke there somewhere.....

no i'm not that bad

the only way to prevent the spread of measles is to vaccinate -this is what makes the US a first world country and the others 2nd or 3rd. we have the technology and ability to eradicate diseases such as measles, yet the ignorant abstain causing devastation in families from the unnecessary suffering, scarring, and death.

I would talk to your family doctor that you use. It would be better than trying to "hunt down" anyone on campus. After getting their views, pass what was said on to the appropriate people. Let the people on campus that you speak to know that you're concerned about the problem---that's why you're giving the info. They will understand. Campuses take great measures that students and faculty don't always know about when things like that break out.

Quarantine zone - stop people from going home as they could spread in all over the country.
Deliveries and stuff should stop at the gates or ata distance etc.

Measles affect only children in India. Keeping them in doors till they get well and to vaccinate the all the children in campus who are not vaccinated. Measles vaccine is given to the babies of 9months old and again as booster dose at the age of 18 months along with Rubella and Mumps vaccine as MMR.

State law require vaccinations for all students,including college age,when a outbreak occurs those unsure about their immunity should have a blood titer drawn,or receive another MMR shot,one shot will immunize against 3 contagious viruses,mumps measles,and rubella.The later dangerous for women in the first trimester of pregnancy,causing great harm to the fetus. Precautions would be to avoid crowds,infected people to stay isolated to prevent spreading the disease,that happens by "respiratory droplets" coughing sneezing etc. etc.Take care. SW FNP