Measles

• Measles also known as Rubeola
• Measles

  MOT: Airborne
• Measles

  Causative Agent: Paramyxo-Virus
• Measles

  Incubation Period: 10 (fever) -14 (rash) days
• Measles: Clinical Manifestations

  Pre-eruptive:

  • 7-day high fever
  • 3Cs - cough, coryza (runny nose), conjunctivitis (red, watery eyes)
  • Koplik's spot - tiny white spots - buccal mucosa (earlier than rashes)
• Measles: Clinical Manifestations

  Eruptive:

  • Rashes: Maculopapular rash; red color
  • Rashes spread in a Cephalocaudal manner
• Measles: Period of Communicability

  From 4 days before and 4 days after rash appears.