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Katherine Gibney, Senior research fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

Measles has been identified in NSW, Qld and SA. 5 things to know about the virus

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New South Wales health authorities have issued a measles alert after a baby who recently returned from overseas, and subsequently visited several sites in Western Sydney, tested positive to the virus.

This follows two cases of measles in a family on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast who returned from overseas on March 13, and a case in South Australia which was also acquired overseas.

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