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    Measles is an airborne disease that is spread through respiration (contact with fluids from an infected person's nose and mouth, either directly or through aerosol transmission (coughing or sneezing)), and is highly contagious—90% of people without immunity sharing living space with an infected person will catch it.[4] An asymptomatic incubation period occurs nine to twelve days from initial exposure. The period of infectivity has not been definitively established, some saying it lasts from two to

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    Rubeola Rubeola, also called red measles or measles, is an acute viral disease that causes a red rash over the body. Measles is one of the most common and most deadly communicable childhood diseases. It is spread from one child to another through direct contact with droplets from the nose and throat. Sometimes, it is spread through air-borne droplets from an infected child. This is a very contagious disease that usually consists of a rash, fever, and cough. The rubeola virus can live on surfaces

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    Measles Virus

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    Measles is a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory system, which causes a skin rash and fever. Measles are known by a variety of common names such as Red Measles, Morbilli, Rubella and more. The scientific name is known as ‘Morbillivirus measles virus.’ The virus is caused by touching surfaces with infected mucus or having physical contact with an infected person and becomes infectious around five days after being exposed to the virus. Measles is one of the most infectious diseases

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    The recent outbreak of measles in the United States can be blamed on the fact that many people are refusing to have their children vaccinated against the disease. The refusal of this vaccination seems to stem from fear of what the vaccine might cause. Whether the vaccine does or doesn’t cause Autism should not matter at this point because a world-wide Measles outbreak would be more detrimental than any case of Autism. Measles has not been across the board in the United States for approximately a

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    The measles is a skin disease that can spread through contact with saliva or mucous, but it can also be spread throughout the air by a person sneezing or coughing. The disease can live on a person for several hours. It can sit on surface from traveling in the air and can come in contact with people within a close proximity. You can prevent the measles with a dose of immunoglobulin. Mostly little kids are at risk for measles if you don’t vaccinate them early. There are several symptoms for the measles

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    Measles is an infectious disease that affects people worldwide. It is one of the most communicable infectious diseases, also known as Rubeola. It is considered to be a childhood illness but can affect people of all ages. In 1982, Department of Health Services set out to eradicate in the United States. The vaccine became available in 1963, after which cases in the United States dropped significantly. In third world countries, death rates are as high as 30%, the mode of transmission of measles is thru

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    Literature Review Measles disease: Epidemiology Measles is a very infectious viral disease caused by the measles virus, and it is most common in children. Its main features include maculopapular rash, fever (more than 400 C), cough, coryza, and conjunctivitis. The disease is highly contagious and airborne, spreading through droplets of the secretions of the nose throat and mouth of an infected person. It develops in more than 90 percent of susceptible 10-12 days after exposure to a measles virus (Caserta

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    To investigate the effectiveness of vaccination on measles epidemiology in the UK Aim: To determine if vaccination against measles is effective in Britain Underlying Human Biology: A vaccine is used to help members of the public have a immunity to a specific pathogen it does this by triggering the person's immune system to produce its own antibodies because the immune system reacts as if it actually has the pathogen when it doesn't, This is know as active immunity. This is used so if the

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    Running head: MEASLES A DEADLY PREVENTABLE DISEASE. Measles a deadly preventable disease. Christin Gaul HETH 4213 Community Healthcare Measles a deadly preventable disease. Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by the paramyyoviles virus. According to the World Health Origination, the disease remains one of the leading causes of death among young children globally, despite the availability of a vaccine. Risk Approximately 134-200 people died from measles in 2015- mostly children

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    diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, and many others diseases (“Immunization: MedlinePlus,” 2014). Measles is one of the highly infectious diseases caused by virus among all of them. It spreads through the air by coughing and sneezing. It starts with the symptoms like fever, runny nose, cough, sore throat, red eyes and rashes spread all over the body. Usually measles can be prevented with complete recovery as soon as it is vaccinated with MMR (measles, mumps,

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