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Measles is a RNA virus and transmitted through respiratory droplets. The disease is self-limiting in immunocompetent patients but may cause a rare late complication of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. In immunocompromised patients and children with vitamin A deficiency, measles keratitis may be followed by secondary bacterial infection leading to scarring and even perforation. Measles has been dramatically controlled in developed countries since the introduction of live attenuated measles vaccine in 1963 by Johan van Niekerk. |
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