Measles: Clinical Features and Diagnosis

• 2019

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• Manisha Patel

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This 6.5 minute clinician training video is about measles and how health care providers should recognize its symptoms to prevent its spread. It describes the importance of considering measles in diagnoses, especially if patients are unvaccinated or have traveled. Symptoms include fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, and a rash starting on the face. Quick action is needed: isolate the patient, collect specimens for testing, and report to health authorities. Measles can lead to serious complications but is preventable with vaccines. Health care workers should ensure they are vaccinated too for protection against measles outbreaks in their communities.

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Focus Area: Infectious Disease

Audiences: Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Keywords: Diagnosis, Differential; Measles; Measles Vaccine; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Vaccination Coverage

Institutions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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