Measles
Post-TB and post-measles bronchiectasis are common in Kenya.
What our notes say
- Post-TB and post-measles bronchiectasis are common in Kenya. (Bronchiectasis)
- This is measles, which causes leucopenia, not leucocytosis. (Paediatrics end of fourth year special supplementary exam: August 2019, Paper On)
- In the Kenyan schedule yellow fever is given at 9 months with measles-rubella in the targeted areas. (Paediatrics end of fourth year special supplementary exam: August 2019, Paper On)
- Vitamin A is given to every child with measles (two doses on consecutive days). (Paediatrics end of first trimester exam (MBPE 4300): 27 November 2018, 49 of 50 )
- Storage temperatures: BCG, measles-rubella and oral polio vaccines (freeze-tolerant: OPV) are stored at 2 to 8 degrees (OPV can be frozen), and the freeze-sensitive vaccines (tetanus toxoid, DPT, hepatitis B, pentavalent, pneumococcal, and rotavirus) must never be frozen. (Paediatrics main exam (MBPE 4300): 24 January 2022, Paper One, 100 MCQs, 2 short)
- | Post-infectious (commonest, especially in Kenya) | Tuberculosis, severe pneumonia, measles, whooping cough, adenovirus | (Bronchiectasis)
Study material on Measles
- VIROLOGY SEM 3 CRASHED
- EXAM: Hepatitis Viruses, Oncogenic Viruses, Paramyxoviruses & Arboviruses
- EXAM: Basic Virology, Viral Replication, Prions & Slow Viruses, Poxviruses & VZV
- Paediatrics Senior Clerkship end of 2nd semester exam: 4 October 2021, 50 MCQs
- Paediatrics end of fourth year main exam: 1 July 2019, Paper One, 99 of 100 MCQs and essays
- Essential Medical Virology: Structure, Classification & Replication
- Paediatrics end of fourth year special supplementary exam: August 2019, Paper One, 87 of 100 MCQs
- Paediatrics Question Bank: 12 Clinical MCQs
- Medical Virology: Adenoviruses, Hemorrhagic Fever & Viral Receptors
- Paediatrics main exam (MBPE 4300): 24 January 2022, Paper One, 100 MCQs, 2 short essays and 2 long essays
Practice questions on Measles
NOT true for measles virus infection?
- May cause encephalitis
- May respond to acyclovir
- May be prevented by human normal immunoglobulin
- May be prevented by vaccination
- Causes respiratory tract infections such as laryngitis and bronchitis
Answer: B. Measles is managed supportively; acyclovir acts on herpesviruses, not on this paramyxovirus.