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Measles, also known as Rubeola or Morbilli, is an infection of the respiratory system caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. Morbilliviruses, like other paramyxoviruses, are enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses. Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a generalized, maculopapular, erythematous rash.

Measles (sometimes known as English Measles) is spread through respiration (contact with fluids from an infected person's nose and mouth, either directly or through aerosol transmission), and is highly contagious—90% of people without immunity sharing living space with an infected person will catch it. The infection has an average incubation period of 14 days (range 6 � 19 days) and infectivity lasts from 2 � 4 days prior, until 2 � 5 days following the onset of the rash (i.e. 4 � 9 days infectivity in total).

An alternative name for measles in English-speaking countries is rubeola, which is sometimes confused with rubella (German measles); the diseases are unrelated.

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1.47 min. | 3.0 user rating		 The story of Jenny McCarthy, as told by her friends Measles, Mumps, and Rubella. Vaccines be damned. (From Brian Thompson of AmateurScientist.org)
4.50 min. | 4.73 user rating		 WHO: Prevent. Protect. Immunize. www.euro.who.int There are plenty of dangers in the world, but at least if your children are vaccinated, they will be protected from measles or mumps or rubella or tetanus or diphtheria or pertussis or hepatitis B or polio. It is as simple as that. - Did you know that measles still kills people in Europe? - Did you know that every hour one unprotected child gets measles? - Did you know that every year 600 000 children in Europe are not fully vaccinated? - Did you know that your unvaccinated child is a health risk to others? We need your help. Watch the video and forward it! And please, vaccinate your children! For more info, go to www.euro.who.int To support the cause, join the WHO facebook-group: www.facebook.com
1.85 min. | 3.46 user rating		 Tennis star Serena Williams' first visit to Africa was an opportunity to meet UNICEF Ghana's Chief of Health and Nutrition and witness the realities facing parents who struggle to help their children survive the first years of life. She joined a team of volunteer health workers serving the small, deprived community of Nungua-Zongo in Greater Accra. The volunteers worked to vaccinate children against measles and polio and hand out free insecticide-treated bed nets to families with children under the age of two.
1.08 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Winner of British Animation Award 2008, public choice: commercial catagory - We made this film for Amnesty International - Brian Cox is the voice of Measles.. an attempt to lure people back to old fashioned, diseased dying instead of the more modern war and killing style demises! 'It's just not natural!'
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 4 September 2008 -- In a country such as Tanzania, where most families survive on less than $1 a day, special medical care is an unaffordable luxury. Thanks to the government's efforts, however, most services are now free of charge in its health facilities countrywide. Still, due to a lack of skilled health workers and adequate facilities, patients must walk long distances and contend with long queues to get essential services. The recent launch of a three-day national integrated campaign was therefore a welcome event for mothers and children here. The UNICEF-supported campaign provided four life-saving interventions for children: measles vaccine, vitamin A supplementation, de-worming tablets and long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets to prevent malaria. The government also dispensed oral polio vaccine at border posts and other strategically located centres. To read the full story, visit: www.unicef.org
2.02 min. | 5.0 user rating		 kro's anti measles vaccination. video taken using nokia 6630
1.82 min. | 3.0 user rating		 After surviving the tsunami and living in overcrowded relief camps, the tsunami generation in Banda Aceh has become extremely vulnerable to disease. Not wasting any time, UNICEF has sprung into action to protect the children from a measles outbreak. After immunization the children also receive Vitamin A supplements. Credits: Producer:Kun Li
0.75 min. | 3.71 user rating		 Thanks to your support of the International Response Fund in 2009, the Red Cross helped change the lives of millions around the world. We helped more than 7 million people through disaster preparedness, response and recovery activities. We protected 118 million people against measles, malaria and/or HIV/AIDS. We reconnected 864 families separated by international war and disaster. And we educated 10000 people in the United States about international humanitarian law. Learn more and support next years efforts at www.redcross.org/international.
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DOH intensifies measles immunization activity - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency--Manila (2 December) -- The Department of Health has intensified its -Measles- Vaccine Supplementary Immunization Activity (MV SIA) in a move to bring down the ... - Date : Thu, 02 Dec 2010 04:46:57 GMT+00:00
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ESPN (blog)--It quickly became known around town as the “-measles- game.” Peete, a Heisman trophy contender that year, had been hospitalized earlier in the week with ... - Date : Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:59:15 GMT+00:00
DRC: MSF Responding to Measles Epidemics - Doctors Without Borders Tweet this news
Doctors Without Borders--After health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially declared that a number of -measles- epidemics had hit the country, ... - Date : Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:22:37 GMT+00:00
Cholera Bacteria Killing Hundreds In Nigeria - dBTechno Tweet this news
dBTechno--If this is not bad enough, the health ministry is also stating that there is a mini outbreak of the -measles- virus in the country as well. ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:28:22 GMT+00:00
Zimbabwe: Fresh measles outbreak reported in Zim - Afrique en Ligue Tweet this news
Afrique en Ligue--Fresh -measles- outbreak reported in Zim - Health authorities in Zimbabwe Friday reported an outb reak of -measles- in a district in the south of the country, ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:24:57 GMT+00:00
Measles spreads to eight in Tweed - Tweed Daily News Tweet this news
Tweed Daily News--EIGHT students have contracted -measles- in a Tweed Heads outbreak and health authorities are expecting more victims. A student recently brought the disease ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:25:03 GMT+00:00
Mum speaks out about measles death - Tweed Daily News Tweet this news
Tweed Daily News--Protect your kids: Immunisation advocate Cecily Johnson with a picture of her daughter, Laine, who died of -measles- complications 15-years ago. ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:22:36 GMT+00:00
East Peoria school registration to begin - Pekin Daily Times Tweet this news
Pekin Daily Times---...- examination and be immunized against diptheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio an rubeola (red -measles-), mumps an rubella (German or three-day -measles-). ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:00:24 GMT+00:00
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SB Nation Atlanta (blog)--Semantics aside, though, it's an unpleasant development -- if an inevitable one, given that the rumors of improper contact have been spreading like -measles- ... - Date : Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:22:31 GMT+00:00
Official Says Measles Killed 166 Malawians in Six Months - MedIndia Tweet this news
MedIndia--A senior health official told AFP that an outbreak of -measles- has killed 166 people in Malawi since January. ... - Date : Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:39:46 GMT+00:00



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