Colorado health officials are warning Mesa County residents of potential measles exposure after an unvaccinated county resident contracted the disease, apparently from within the community.

The new measles patient had not traveled outside the state or reported any other exposures to previously reported measles cases around Colorado, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a news release Friday afternoon. “The lack of a clear source of infection suggests that this case may be the result of community transmission in the Grand Junction area,” the state said, adding that Mesa County Public Health is investigating further.

The adult patient had not received the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine.

The new case brings to 20 the number of measles cases statewide in 2

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