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Show Time of Year To Watch For Measles Measles is a viral illness, ill-ness, which is spread by person-to-person trans mission via the respiratory respir-atory route. Therefore, the identification of one case of measles in the community means that there must be at least a second case. Since measles mea-sles is a highly communicable, com-municable, virus, there most likely has been or will be further transmission trans-mission and illness a-mong a-mong the unimmunized children. Measles is a serious disease with many ma-ny complications. The prompt use by public health physicians of the Schwartz strain attenuated attenua-ted live virus measles vaccine can prevent this transmission to the unimmunized. un-immunized. The vaccine is effective in preventing disease in contacts of a .c measles case if adminks stered with 2 days ' exposure. This means? that early diagnosis anc e; immediate reporting ot t. measles cases to thediK-e: trict or state health de-:. partment is essential.:; Measles immunization:) clinics have traditionally:.: been held during the end :: of a com munity-wide epi-:;: demic. The use of mea-::; sles vaccine by publics health physicians to im-';y munize contacts of an in- .: dex case of measles thereby aborting an epi- demic is rarely done be- cause health departments are unaware that mea-.-. sles is occurring until.: it is community-wide.:; Your county and states health department are prepared to provide this-; immunization service tou the community if the citi-: zens request this ser--; vice. |