Measles
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- Sarah has recently contracted measles, a virus. She has sneezed causing air droplets containing the measles virus to spread in the air
- Sarah’s friend, Tom, had inhaled some of the cough droplets from her sneezing, resulting in Tom getting infected. He has a fever, a red rash on his skin and a runny nose.
- Globally, millions of children continue to receive the MMR vaccination in 2 doses at childhood. The vaccination works by stimulating the immune system (lymphocytes) to make antibodies. These antibodies have a specific shape to bind to the antigen and destroy it. Memory cells can then recognise the antigen when the pathogen invades to make antibodies fast and in large quantities.
- Due to the nature of measles, there is no treatment for Tom.
- Tom remains resting at home, until he is well again.
- Sarah’s other friend, Alison returns home to tell her mother about Sarah’s infection. Her mother reminds her that she received 2 doses of the MMR (measles,mumps and rubella ) vaccination as a child.
- Sarah has recently contracted measles, a virus. She i has recently sneezed, causing air droplets of measles virus to spread in the air.
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