Immunisation Handbook 2017

also by airborne spread. It is one of the most highly communicable of all infectious diseases, with an approximate basic reproductive number of 12–18 in high-income countries. 2 (see section 1.2.1). There is a prodromal phase of two to four days with fever, conjunctivitis, coryza and Koplik’s spots on the buccal mucosa. The characteristic ................
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