Measles‚ Pediatric Measles is a contagious respiratory illness that causes a red rash to appear on the skin. Measles can be very serious‚ especially in children who are younger than five years of age. CAUSES This condition is caused by a virus called rubeola. It can spread from one person to another through droplets released into the air when a person with the condition talks‚ coughs‚ or sneezes. Children can get this condition by breathing in these droplets or by touching a surface where the infected
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the people who cannot be vaccinated for other health reasons. Every child who can be vaccinated should be vaccinated. One area that the anti-vaccine crowed points to is the false belief that vaccines cause autism. In particular they point to the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. To date there has been no credible study that has established a link between the MMR‚ or any other vaccine for that matter‚ and the onset of autism. In fact the one study widely quoted study was shown to be false and the doctor
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As a disease previously thought to be almost completely eradicated from first world countries‚ the rampant comeback of the Measles has people questioning the cause of its return—and more importantly‚ the people behind this cause. With the number of “philosophical exemptions” from the MMR vaccine skyrocketing‚ it becomes clear as to why this deadly illness is making a return. Parents are no longer trusting decades of vaccine research and instead relying on their own sheltered knowledge of the medical
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Vaccinations Bill Gates said it perfectly when he was quoted‚ “So it’s an absolute lie that has killed thousands of kids. Because the mothers who heard that lie‚ many of them didn’t have their kids take either pertussis or measles vaccine‚ and their children are dead today. And so the people who go and engage in those anti-vaccine efforts -- you know‚ they‚ they kill children. It’s a very sad thing‚ because these vaccines are important.” The reason why weather or not to vaccinate is such a big debate
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(Onyong-nyong); (West Nile); (Flaviviruses) (Common in the Phil.) Malaria: PLASMODIUM (protozoa) P. Falciparum (most fatal); P. Vivax P. Malariae; P. Ovale Filariasis: WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; BRUGIA MALAYI Leprosy: MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE Measles: PARAMYXO VIRUS German measles: TOGA VIRUS Chicken pox: VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS Herpes zoster: HERPES ZOSTER VIRUS Scarlet fever: Group A HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS Scabies: SARCOPTES SCABIEI (itch mite) Bubonic plague: YERSINIA PESTIS Diphtheria: KLEBS LOEFFLER
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health authorities to control the spread of the disease. Rubeola also known as measles‚ is caused by the rubeola virus. When someone who has the virus sneezes or coughs‚ tiny droplets containing the virus spray into the air. The droplets stay active for two hours in the air or on a surface. If your baby comes into contact with these droplets he can become infected. If the baby isn’t immunized and hasn’t had measles before‚ he has a 90% chance of getting the virus if he is exposed. Aside from that
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smallpox virus that stole the lives of nearly 300 million people. Gradually vaccines have become an everyday system where even children around the age of two‚ commonly have 23 vaccination shots in order to combat severe bacterial infections such as the measles or Hepatitis
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ANDREW WAKEFIELD AND THE MMR AUTISM FRAUD In February 1998‚ Dr. Andrew Wakefield‚ a British gastroenterologist‚ published a research paper in which he linked autism and bowel disease to the measles‚ mumps‚ and rubella (MMR) vaccine – creating a public health crisis in England and raising questions about vaccine safety in North America. Additional studies have since shown that the data presented was fraudulent‚ and after ten years of controversy and investigation‚ Dr. Wakefield was discredited
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staff and visitors. Adopting these guidelines and standard infection control practices will minimise the spread of infectious diseases to everyone. External Factors If you or someone in your immediate family has a “Notifiable Disease” such as Measles (see 1.3) or infection
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experts have falsified information about the possible dangers of vaccines. For instance‚ “Andrew Wakefield‚ a former physician who has been eliminated from the General Register in the United Kingdom‚ fabricated data supporting a connection of the measles vaccine to autism‚ in a paper that was formally withdrawn”
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