ATLANTA — Officials in Atlanta have identified 35 people, mostly children, as being susceptible to getting measles from the infant who was hospitalized in Atlanta for the disease.

The baby, taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston with measles on Friday, left the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan on a flight and eventually landed in Atlanta.  The child has since been discharged from the hospital.

Public health officials said they have contacted more than 200 people overall in the wake of the arrival of the infant.  Of the 35 noted, most have not been immunized against the measles or have compromised immune systems, officials noted Tuesday.

The infant is the first confirmed case of the measles in Georgia in three years.

Kyrgyzstan, a relatively remote and sparsely populated nation, has had a significant measles outbreak, according to Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, commissioner of Public Health, in a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The report noted that to prevent measles, children (and some adults) should be vaccinated with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Two doses of this vaccine provides 97 percent to 98 percent immunity, the highest rate for any immunization currently offered.

Children should be given the first dose of MMR vaccine at 12 to 15 months of age. The second dose can be given four weeks later, but is usually given before the start of kindergarten at 4 to 6 years of age.

The incubation period of measles is seven to 21 days.