Med. praxi. 2017;14(5):234-237 | DOI: 10.36290/med.2017.045

Measles – current epidemiological situation and clinical experiences

MUDr. Zdenka Manďáková1, MUDr. Irena Martinková2, MUDr. Lenka Petroušová, Ph.D.3, MUDr. Pavla Lexová1, MUDr. Radomíra Limberková4, MUDr. Jana Košťálová1, MUDr. Jan Kynčl, Ph.D.1
1 Oddělení epidemiologie infekčních nemocí, Státní zdravotní ústav Praha
2 Krajská hygienická stanice Moravskoslezského kraje se sídlem v Ostravě
3 Klinika infekčního lékařství, FN Ostrava
4 Národní referenční laboratoř pro zarděnky, spalničky, parotitidu a parvovirus B 19, Státní zdravotní ústav Praha

Measles are one of the most severe viral diseases of childhood. Severe course of illness can be seen also in susceptible adults. Measlesare vaccine-preventable, but decreasing vaccine coverage due to postponing or refusal of vaccination starts to be a problem.There is an increasing number of measles throughout the European region this year. The epidemic was also in the Czech Republicduring the first half of the year 2017.

Keywords: measles, epidemic, clinical picture, vaccination

Published: December 1, 2017  Show citation

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Manďáková Z, Martinková I, Petroušová L, Lexová P, Limberková R, Košťálová J, Kynčl J. Measles – current epidemiological situation and clinical experiences. Med. praxi. 2017;14(5):234-237. doi: 10.36290/med.2017.045.
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