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Los Angeles County officials dealing with a measles outbreak say they expect that more people will be diagnosed with the illness in the coming weeks, while the nation stares down what will likely be its worst measles year in decades.

But where are these cases coming from? The U.S. declared measles eliminated in 2000, and the virus does not regularly circulate here.

Officials say that every person diagnosed with measles in the U.S. either contracts it abroad or from someone who got it abroad. In the past few years, American tourists have become more likely to encounter measles because of massive outbreaks in other countries, experts say.

The World Health Organization reported that measles cases worldwide increased 300% in the first three months of 2019 compared with the previous year. In countries such as the Philippines, Ukraine and India, tens of thousands of people come down with measles each year, according to the agency.

The problem is compounded when unvaccinated American travelers bring measles back to communities with low vaccination rates, where the disease can rapidly spread, experts say.

The nation’s biggest outbreak this year began when travelers to Israel contracted measles, which then gained a foothold in an unvaccinated segment of New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.

“This is a worldwide problem, this isn’t just a U.S. problem,” said California state Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), a pediatrician who advocates for stricter vaccination laws . “It also shows that we are constantly being bombarded by these diseases — they’re looking for a crack, or a way to get in.”

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https://www.latimes.com/local/california...0429-story.html

Yeah, guys, I know I am being xenophobe and white nationalist when I say there may be another explanation which involves illegal immigrants, but isn't that possible?