• Caused by measles virus.
• Extremely contagious.
• Causes a rash all over the body, runny nose, fever, and cough.
• About 1 child in 10 also gets an ear infection, up to 1 in 20 gets pneu
monia, 1 in 1,000 gets encephalitis.
• Before vaccine, almost all children got measles – about 48,000 were
hospitalized each year, 7,000 had seizures, about 1,000 sufered per
manent brain damage, and about 450 died.
• Measles still kills about a half million people a year around the world.
• About 1 person in 1,000 who gets measles will die.
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