Child health · UKMLA & AKT
Measles
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Caused by a paramyxovirus; spread via respiratory droplets/aerosol
- Incubation 10-14 days; infectious from 4 days before rash until 4 days after
- R0 of 12-18 - one of the most infectious pathogens known
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