HSS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Attenuated Vaccine, Gastroenteritis, Low Birth Weight

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 1100
• Professor: Franco Pagotto

Document Summary

Viruses causing rashes: common epidemiological features of viruses causing rashes, humans are the only reservoir, highly contagious, measles, one of the highest infectivity rates, clinical, rash first appears behind ears, forehead and nostrils then spreads to whole body; Blotchy appearance: lifelong immunity after natural infection, complications, secondary bacterial infections, e. g. , bronchopneumonia, encephalitis (rare, exacerbation of tb and leukemia, diagnosis, koplik spots, serological, confirmation of suspected case: Igm ab in single blood specimen against measles or a rising igg ab titer against measles in paired blood. Immune status: circulating measles specific ab igg, prevention. Immunoglobulin: can suppress disease if given within 5 days of contact with virus. Localized: cataracts (infection during 6th week, deafness (infection during 9th week, heart defects (infection during 5th-10tweek, other: Lead to life-long immunity: lab diagnosis, suspected cases: detection of rubella specific igm or rising ab titer in paired sera.