The Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine

MEASLES

Measles or Rubeola is a highly contagious, acute viral disease characterised by Koplik's spots and a spreading maculopapular rash caused by a paramyxovirus and is spread by airborne droplets or direct contact with nasopharyngeal secretions. The disease is communicable from four days before the rash appears until the rash disappears.
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