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Chicken pox is also known as Varicella or third disease. It is a common and highly infectious disease, affecting mainly children (age 2 to 8 years), but no age group is exempted. The varicella virus is one of the human herpes viruses and is an extremely infectious exanthema.
The characteristic crops of small vesicles have a central distribution (face, scalp, trunk). The virus remains latent after initial infection and reactivate later in life as herpes zoster (shingles).
At one time, measles and rubella were common childhood diseases. Though vaccination has greatly reduced their incidence, measles still kills numerous children in poor nations, and rubella continues to cause birth defects when it strikes pregnant women. This book discusses measles and rubella in depth, including the alleged connection between the Measles- Mumps- Rubella (MMR) vaccine and the development of autism and Crohn’s disease.
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What causes German Measles?
Rubella is also know as German measles or Second disease. The virus can be detected in blood for up to a week before, and in the nasopharynx from 10 days before and until 2 weeks after the onset of rash.
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What Are Measles?
Measles is also known as the First Disease, caused by the highly contagious Measles virus (an RNA paramyxovirus).
The clinical presentation can be considered in three stages: