Spurred by an outbreak in Philadelphia December 2023 and continuing into 2024 with some pockets of infection in Colorado we wanted to re-release our previous podcast on measles for those of you who are concerned!
Breaking news! Measles outbreak in Ohio has prompted us to talk a little bit about this. (November 2022)
Measles is highly contagious and requires 95% of eligible human beings in the community to be vaccinated. 25% in this Ohio community are unvaccinated. It is an RNA virus, the only host is human.
Clinically, viral syndrome like fever, malaise, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis, so called "koplik" spots which we try to describe.
The scary stuff, is encephalitis (we explain), pneumonia, and other brain complications, and death.
The freshly coughed pocket of air is not the only way it is transmitted! And you can infect others before you have symptoms!
Folks with measles have weakened immune systems!
We explain how we got here and the autism story and how misinformation got us on lock.
Mina MJ, Kula T, Leng Y, et al. Measles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens. Science 2019 November 01; 366(6465):599-606
Petrova VN, Sawatsky B, Han AX, et al. Incomplete genetic reconstitution of B cell pools contributes to prolonged immunosuppression after measles. Science Immunology 2019 November 01; 4:1-14
Vaccine is incredibly effective! No known transmission among vaccinated folks.
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