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Measles also known as Rubeola is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus. Measles spread easily to others when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The best protection against Measles is vaccination.

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Measles is a respiratory disease that is highly contagious. The disease spreads through the air by respiratory droplets produced from coughing or sneezing. A person can get this disease by airborne droplets, saliva, touching a contaminated surface, skin to skin contact, and mother to baby. A record number of cases occurred in the United States in 2014 with 644 cases from 27 states.

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Children younger than 5 years old of age and adults older than 20 years of age are more likely to suffer from measles complications.

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Measles symptoms appear 7 to 14 days after exposure to the virus.

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The first sign of measles is usually fever along with the " Three C's" cough, coryza, or conjunctivitis and sometimes Koplik spots.

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Three to five days after symptoms begin a rash may break out. It usually begins as flat red spots. The spots may become joined together as they spread from the head to the rest of the body.

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By the third day the rash has spread all over the body and the person will usually spike a fever to more than 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Measles virus can live for up to two hours on a surface or in a room where and infected person coughed or sneezed. Infected people can spread measles to others from four days before to four days after the rash appears.

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Vaccination is the best prevention against Measles. The vaccine is called MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.)

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With measles the rash that develops 3 to 5 days after symptoms begin is usually flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread outward and downward. After a few days the rash fades.