The news on Wednesday that a child died from measles at a Lubbock hospital is something that infectious disease experts like Dr. Peter Hotez have feared since an outbreak of the virus began spreading in northwest Texas.

The first measles death in the growing outbreak in West Texas was a school-aged child.

One North Texan has tested positive for the measles and health officials are now tracing who that person may have come in contact with. The first death in the U.S. in 10 years has been reported in Texas.