Word Finder - measles

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Rubeola, an acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood, caused by Measles virus, of genus Morbillivirus, featuring a spreading red skin rash, fever, runny nose, cough and red eyes

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Any of several other similar diseases, such as German measles.

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A disease of pigs and cattle, caused by larval tapeworms.

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A disease of trees, in which the leaves are covered in spots.

A terrible epidemic of measles in that year swept away 40,000, or about one-third of the Fijians.

Rhazes is deservedly remembered as having first described small-pox and measles in an accurate manner.

Complications can be brought on by measles.

Dr. Waring said the child had measles which was the main factor in the case.

The marriage of Mary and Darnley was now a question of practical politics, and the queen, having nursed her new suitor through an attack of measles, soon made up her mind to wed him, saying he "was the properest and best proportioned long man that ever she had seen."

Treating childhood illnesses with homeopathy (e.g. measles, mumps, chickenpox, impetigo, molluscum and whooping cough ).

The country is France which gives a single measles vaccination only in the event of a serious measles vaccination only in the event of a serious measles crisis.

Most people in the UK are vaccinated against measles.

Secondary encephalitis may occur with measles, chickenpox, mumps, rubella, and EBV.

Avoiding the use of vaccines made from live viruses (measles, poliovirus, mumps, rubella).

One common local cause of confusion is the use of the single antigen measles vaccine in France.

Q - I became partially deaf as a result of the german measles at the age of eleven.

Children with german measles should be kept away from pregnant women.

There is no source of single licensed measles or mumps vaccines in this country.

We know this from case studies of patients who have had rubella (German measles).

None of the clinically diagnosed cases of measles, mumps and rubella formally notified have been confirmed by the salivary antibody test.

That is why persons who have had measles and rubella vaccination before, are less likely to develop side effects from the MMR vaccine.

None of the infants had received separate measles, mumps and rubella immunisations.

Around 21 per cent of the children do not receive vaccinations against both tuberculosis (BCG) and measles.

Though there is no one test to determine whether a person has Kawasaki disease, doctors generally make the diagnosis by evaluating the patient and ruling out other diseases such as the measles and Scarlet fever.

In children, ITP is usually triggered by a virus infection, most often rubella, chickenpox, measles, cytomegalovirus (CMV), or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

If the child has had a recent childhood illness (measles, chickenpox) or a virus, the risk for ITP is greater, and this fact will be considered along with diagnostic testing results.

The disease has been linked to a variety of disease agents, including parvovirus B19, HIV infection, measles, influenza viruses, rotaviruses, adenoviruses, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

Croup may also be caused by influenza A and B, adenovirus, measles, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Hyperthyroidism, whooping cough, chickenpox, measles, and Hib disease (a bacterial infection) may cause mental retardation if they are not treated adequately.

Immunization against diseases such as measles and Hib prevents many of the illnesses that can cause mental retardation.

Rubella-A mild, highly contagious childhood illness caused by a virus; it is also called German measles.

It has been associated with mothers who had German measles (rubella) while pregnant.

The occurrence of some infections during pregnancy, including viral infections such as rubella (German measles), can cause congenital cardiovascular defects.

Measles is an infection caused by a virus, which causes an illness displaying a characteristic skin rash known as an exanthem.

Measles is also sometimes called rubeola, five-day measles, or hard measles.

Measles is a very contagious disease primarily characterized by cough, runny nose, red eyes (conjunctivitis), and a characteristic rash on the skin and inside of the cheeks.

Measles is fatal (due to complications) in about two out of every 1,000 cases.

Measles infections appear all over the world.

Prior the effective immunization program used in the early 2000s, large-scale measles outbreaks occurred on a two to three-year cycle, usually in the winter and spring.

Babies up to about eight months of age are usually protected from contracting measles, due to immune cells they receive from their mothers in the uterus.

Once someone has had measles infection, he or she can never get it again.

Measles is caused by a type of virus called a paramyxovirus.

About 95 percent of those people infected with the virus will develop the illness called measles.

The most contagious time period is the three to five days before symptoms begin through about four days after the characteristic measles rash has begun to appear.

The first signs of measles infection are fever; extremely runny nose; red, runny eyes; and a cough.

These are called Koplik's spots and are unique to measles infection.

A couple of days after the appearance of the Koplik's spots, the measles rash begins.

Called encephalitis, this condition can occur up to several weeks after the basic measles symptoms have resolved.

Long-term problems following recovery from measles encephalitis may include seizures and mental retardation.

A very rare complication of measles can occur up to ten years following the initial infection.

It is most common among people who had measles infection prior to the age of two years.

Measles during pregnancy is a serious disease, leading to increased risk of a miscarriage or stillbirth.

Measles infection is almost always diagnosed based on its characteristic symptoms, including Koplik's spots, and a rash which spreads from central body structures out towards the arms and legs.

If there is any doubt as to the diagnosis, then a specimen of body fluids (mucus, urine) can be collected and combined with fluorescent-tagged measles virus antibodies.