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27/06/2013
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With the arrival of July holidays and the potential increase in international travel, the Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectious Diseases, a unit of the State Secretariat of Health of São Paulo, is a warning to be taken the measles vaccine, especially if the destination is Europe. Ideally, immunization occurs 15 days before the trip.
Throughout 2012 were recorded about seven thousand cases of measles in the European territory, according to the newsletter of the Center for Epidemiological Surveillance Department. The MMR vaccine, which is available on the SUS (Unified Health System), is the measure of safer and more effective prevention against measles, while also protecting against rubella and mumps.
In 2013, the disease is still present in different regions of the world, resulting in deaths in Pakistan and Nigeria, and thousands of cases in China, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Gabon, and the UK. The United States recorded outbreaks in three states, related to the importation of the virus from India and the UK.
In the State of São Paulo were recorded five cases of measles this year, all linked to imports from other countries. But since 2000, the State does not record endemic circulation of the virus.
Immunization
According Ralcyon Teixeira, Emilio Ribas infectious disease, measles cases are more common during childhood, but in adulthood and in children under one year of age, the risk of complications by viruses tend to be larger. The vaccine is still the safest form of prevention.
Calendar of SUS, the first dose of vaccine should be applied to 12 months of age and the second, between four and six years. For adults not immunized, the vaccine is also available and is recommended for those born after 1960.
Disease
Measles is a viral disease highly contagious nature. It is transmitted through contact with an infected person when talking, coughing or sneezing. Have also been some cases of infection by dispersing droplets in closed environments such as schools, clinics and nurseries. People who traveled abroad in the last 30 days or had contact with someone in the same period who traveled should be careful about the symptoms of the disease.
According to Teixeira, the disease usually manifests itself more sharply in the first days after infection. "The main evidence of virus are high fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis and inflammation appear reddish skin. To identify the symptoms, the individual should immediately seek medical attention, "he says.
Source: UOL - Modern Consumer
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