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Measles

Measles (two types, Rubeola, "red measles" and Rubella, "German measles") is a very contagious respiratory infection best known for its rash and flu-like symptoms. Questions concerning symptoms, causes, diagnosis, transmission, prevention and treatment can be found here.

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How can a baby have immunity for measles for a short time without being vaccinated?

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No they need thier shots cuz they can catch things real easy

Can you get chickenpox and measles at the same time?

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The virus of chicken pox and measles are different

How are chickenpox HIV and measles similar?

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No, for one, Malaria infection is carried by a vector, in this case, a mosquitoe while Chicken pox is a viral infection without any vector. Although both are communicable diseases, chickenpox has a different transmission than Malaria.

Why is a child unlikely to develop the symptoms of measles if exposed to the pathogen again?

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The subject, in fighting off their first bout of measles, developed an antibody specifically effective against measles, and becomes able to reproduce this if re-exposed. The infection is then typically killed off before it becomes symptomatic.

Is measles a airborne virus?

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Yes, but can also be contracted by touching surfaces that an infected person has recently touched, and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.

Where was measles discovered?

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Measles has been with us as long as history.

Why was there an increase in the number of measles cases in developed countries in 2001?

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New cases of measles began being reported in some countries--including Great Britain--in 2001 because of parents' fears about vaccine safety.

Can measles be prevented?

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yes measles can be prevented there is a common vaccine given to children containing live measles. It is given in a series of two shots the first of which is given at 15 months. The second shot is generally given before Kindergarten and is almost always a school requirement.

How does measles kill?

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Why is measles so dangerous?

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Polio is so dangerous because it kills many people and it paralyzes the muscles. This can lead to sever disability.

By the way I'm just guessing this answer

What type of pathogen causes chickenpox measles and mumps?

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Colds, influenza and measles are all three caused by different kinds of viruses.

What is the size and shape of the capsid in measles?

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Helical capsids are usually formed from one protein that interlocks to form a helix-like structure around the viral genome. They are usually more common among viruses that infect plants, though influenza, measles, mumps and rabies viruses all have helical capsids. They are 120 to 270 nm in diameter.

How many kinds of measles are there?

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There are two types of measles. Although they share some of the same symptoms, they are caused by different viruses:

1.) Standard measles, sometimes known as red measles, or hard measles, is caused by the rubeola virus.

2.) German measles, also known as rubella, is an entirely separate illness caused by the rubella virus and is usually a milder infection than standard measles.

What foods can you eat when you have measles?

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Anything, but healthy things like oranges in vitamin c, sugars like biscuits, iron from meat, carbs from bread. Just lots of different Healthy foods.

Do antibiotics treat measles?

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Certainly not, Mumps is caused by a virus attacking the parotid gland (gland situated in the neck which explains the neck swelling), antibiotics kill bacteria so it is meaningless to prescribe antibiotics to treat mumps but ..

Comonly patients acquire bacterial infections while having mumps mostly due to the weakened body immune system caused by the mumps itself, so doctors tend to prescribe antibiotics to treat the bacterial infection and not the mumps, but in normal cases antibiotics are not advised during mump infection because antibiotics kill the normal useful bacterial that every person have which itself help in killing the mump virus.

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How does someone contract measles?

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Why do you need to stay in a dark room if you have measles?

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The red measles causes red and sensitive eyes so a darkened room is more comfortable.

How many types of measles virus are there?

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Type 1 or Brunhilde - most common and was most often the cause of epidemics

Type 2 or Lansing - least common

Type 3 or Leon

All three types are included in the vaccine.

What is the environment for measles virus?

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Measles virus is the causing agent for the disease. He is present in the sick man's blood and respiratory and nasal secretions and in the rash's elements. The measles virus is not present in healthy persons, because there are no human carriers with inactive measles virus.

Isolation of measles virus was done on tissue culture (human kidney, or monkey), using blood or pharyngeal secretions from patients suffering from measles.

Morphology-measles virus is a spherical particle of 120 - 128?m in diameter, with small surface projections acicular. Structurally, it contains a nucleon capsule, the RNA and an outer sheath composed of lipids, glycoprotein and polypeptides. Infectivity is related to the skin. Antigen for complement fixation is present in the nucleon capsule, and specifically stated are given coating. Unlike other related viruses, measles virus does not possess neuraminidase. There is only one antigenic type.

Resistance in the external environment and physical factors-measles virus is least resistant to the external environment, especially at high temperatures. It lasts for a few weeks in the refrigerator and several months in a frozen state at 790 C. From 150 to 370 degrees C loses half of infectivity within 2 hours. In a room with normal temperature and low humidity, resists better, but loses 50-70% of infectivity in conditions of high humidity. It is quickly destroyed by radiation. The exposure to formalin (1 / 4000) for 4 days to 370, results in virus inactivation (complete loss of infectivity). Measles virus is sensitive to any antibiotic.

The measles virus enters the human's body through the nasal and eye mucosa. Some authors have argued that the gate would only virus eye mucosa (children receptive to the measles, brought into contact with patients suffering from measles, the disease did not, if they were applied to glasses, covering the entire orbital region or if they convalescent serum ).

After penetration through the mucosal, the virus reaches the lymphoid tissue, where it multiplies (incubation period). The virus could be isolated from blood during this period. When he made the maximum number of multiplication the measles virus invades the blood and organs, causing the first symptoms of disease. Measles virus during this period isolates itself in the blood, nasal secretions and urine. In blood, measles virus is located mainly in leukocytes where it multiplies (which would explain the leucopenia and frequent changes measles cromozoms).