Measles

Mode of transmission

-airborne

RO of measles:

-contagious

Most detrimental effect of acquiring measles

-most detrimental effect is death

• you could get brain infection

reemergence of measles in the 20th century

• decrease in vaccination rates due to a study that falsely linked the measles vaccine to autism

Prevention strategies for measles

• vaccination

• immunity

• travel precaution

Management practices

• isolation

• take vitamin A