A case of measles has been diagnosed in Massachusetts, and state officials want to squash any chance of an outbreak.

The Mass. Department of Public Health confirmed a measles diagnosis at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in a statement made on Thursday. According to DPH, the infected person "was in a number of locations that could have resulted in exposures to other people."

The state reported three Massachusetts communities where there was exposure to measles, including: Logan Airport Terminal B in Boston on the morning of Aug. 15; the Lexington High School Library in the afternoon of Aug. 16; the Irving H. Mabee Town Pool Complex in Lexington on the afternoon of Aug. 19; parts of Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington on Aug. 20-21.

"Anyone who visited these locations on any of these dates during the times listed is advised to contact their health care provider to confirm their immunization status," DPH announced.

Officials ask any person who is unaware of their measles immunization status to check and get vaccinated as soon as possible. Early symptoms of measles can happen 10 days to two weeks after exposure, reports the DPH, and can appear to be a cold with potential rash-like symptoms.

Many people are already vaccinated for measles, a highly-contagious disease: a decade before the vaccination was available, nearly all children contracted measles by the time they turned 15, and 3-4 million people in the U.S. were infected each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

By the year 2000, thanks to public health policies and vaccinations, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S., which in scientific terms meant there was an "absence of continuous disease transmission for greater than 12 months."