Open AccessAdult Measles – Case Reports of a Highly Contagious Disease
Author(s) -
André Koch,
Claudia Krönert,
Torello Lotti,
Aleksandra Vojvodić,
Uwe Wollina
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2019.540
Subject(s) - medicine , maculopapular rash , measles , rash , morbillivirus , measles virus , pediatrics , outbreak , disease , immunology , vaccination , virology , dermatology
Measles is highly contagious and is caused by the RNA morbillivirus. The best protection is active immunisation in early childhood. Without immunisation morbidity and mortality of measles are high. In recent years, an increasing number of adult measles has been recognised in Europe.
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