As the number of measles cases in Spartanburg continues to grow, a Texas health official offers perspective on how an outbreak there took shape

West Texas Mennonite community remains vaccine-hesitant after a deadly measles outbreak infected 762 and killed 2 children.

Health experts working in and near measles outbreaks told ABC News that vaccine acceptance has been mixed among these communities.

U.S. officials are building a case that ongoing measles outbreaks in South Carolina and other states are unrelated to last year’s major outbreak in Texas, as it tries to retain its status of having eliminated the disease after recording the highest number of confirmed infections in three decades.

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick as students were excluded or kept home by their families to minimize the spread of the disease.

As measles has spread throughout the United States, many Americans have worried about their risk level. For the first time, a map has been created[/url] that allows people to type in their ZIP code and see an estimated percentage of their neighbors who have been vaccinated against measles,

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South Carolina has the largest active measles outbreak in the U.S. with more than 430 sickened and another 400 unvaccinated people in quarantine.

At least 171 measles cases have been confirmed in the U.S. so far this year, according to newly updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cases have been confirmed in nine states, including Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia.