PSYC-307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Congenital Rubella Syndrome, Rubella Vaccine, Mmr Vaccine
17 Oct 2017
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Incubation period of 10-14 days before rash and illness appears; highly contagious for 8. Typical smptoms: fever, rash, cough, swollen glands, unwell, 5 days in bed and about. Complications: measles in the immune system make other infectious diseases more. Childhood vaccination benefits mothers moreso than the child. Complications: male testicular swelling, can lead to infertility, meningitis/encephalitis, Major problems for pregnant women: rubella is a teratogen causing congenital rubella. Death of 1 in 2500; typically from complications. Before measles vaccine, 850 deaths per year, 380 000 cases. Still high rates of measles and deathrates in developing nations. Measles: an ancient virus, transmission by direct person to person (cough, sneezes); respiration (simply breathing their air), blood days 4 days prior to the rash and for about 4 days after appearance of rash. 10 days off school (longer for adults) likely (ex an ear infection) or pneumonia, convulsions, hospital admissions, convulsions in children, benign, meningitis or encephalitis.
