As the MMR drive continues, parents have been warned against taking their children to have single measles jabs at private clinics.
Health bosses have sent out warning letters after two patients at a Teesside hospital were later found to have suspected measles.
Dr Rosy McNaught, from the South Yorkshire Health Protection Agency, urged parents to let their children have the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.
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More than 100 people have, or are suspected to have, measles, in one of the worst outbreaks in the North East in recent years.
Dr McNaught said she expected more cases to come to light over the next few days, as several of the children seemed to have contracted measles during the last week of the school term.
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Twenty new cases of measles have been reported as part of an outbreak in south west Wales.
And then we might have outbreaks of things like cholera or measles or something that we have to respond to very quickly before it really becomes like a whole epidemic.
Many people who catch measles will have a fever, a rash and feel generally unwell.
Measles jabs have been near-universal for more than 20 years, putting Cuba ahead of many rich countries.
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Many people who catch measles will have a fever, cough, red eyes, and blocked nose and feel generally unwell.
Health officials looking to control the Swansea measles epidemic have expressed concern at a fall in numbers attending the latest MMR clinics.
Tests have revealed he had measles but results of a post mortem examination are expected to determine the exact cause of death.
Another 56 measles cases have been reported to PHW since Tuesday.
There have been more than 400 cases of measles in total and of those more than 100 have been reported in the last week alone.
Outbreaks of malaria, measles and diarrhoea have been worsened by contaminated water.
More hospital drop-in clinics will be held in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend on Saturday, targeting children and adolescents who did not have their scheduled MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) jabs as babies and toddlers.
There have been four confirmed cases of measles in the last quarter in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.
Figures from Public Health England show there have been 587 confirmed cases of measles in the first three months of 2013.
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At least 6, 000 children have still not had the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine in the Swansea area.
Mr Colfer-Williams, who had measles, was known to have had other health problems including asthma, his family has said.
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She is calling for parents to have the option of choosing a single measles vaccine instead of the combined MMR jab.
He said measles is highly contagious and could have dangerous consequences.
We have seen a sharp decrease in malaria and measles deaths across the continent -- vital gains in primary school enrollment -- marked improvements in child health.
It may have resulted in whooping cough epidemics in California and measles outbreaks in England.
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The Welsh Conservatives have called for a public inquiry into the Swansea measles epidemic once it has subsided.
She added that people most at risk of catching measles are children of school age who have not had two doses of MMR.
Children aged between one and 16 living in Llanelli and who have not received the full two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination will shortly receive letters inviting them to do so.
Despite this, PHW said large numbers of people aged 10-18 years still have not had a jab which could prevent them from contracting measles, a highly contagious and potentially fatal disease.
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These are HPV to S2 girls, diphtheria, tetanus and polio boosters to S3 girls and boys and also measles, mumps and rubella to S3 pupils who have not had it previously.
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