He measles
It is transmitted through airborne droplets and can lead to fatal complications. The number of cases across Europe in 2023 has increased 30 times compared to 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and warned that increase in incidence This happened because the number vaccination in the European region.
In this article, how does it spread illness and what complications could cause a measles outbreak that has now affected 41 of the 53 European Member States.
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He measles This viral disease acute, caused by a virus of the paramyxovirus family, genus morbillivirus. Is extremely contagious and is transmitted through respiratory droplets from coughing and sneezing, as well as through intimate personal contact or direct contact with infected nasal or pharyngeal secretions.
Key Features diseases are:
Measles is mild to moderate illnessbut in some cases it can cause serious complications such as blindness, encephalitis, acute diarrhea, ear infections and pneumonia, even death.
Today there is no measles specific treatmentso the only solution is vaccination to prevent the spread of the disease.
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As we already mentioned, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that European region there is an alarming increase measles cases between January and October 2023 is ok 42,200 measles cases V 41 out of 53 member states region,” reports the European branch of the UN agency.
In 2022, 941 cases were recorded, and this figure multiplied by 30 in just 10 months of 2023. In addition, there were 20,918 hospitalizations for measles and five deaths between the two countries during this time.
In this regard, according to WHO, Kazakhstan and Russia are the countries with the highest measles prevalence because Each of them has more than 10 thousand cases. In Western Europe, the UK, with 183 cases, is the country where the disease has increased the most, which is astonishing as it was thought to have been eradicated in 2021.
For this reason, WHO recently issued a statement and raised the alarm about the extent of c.measles cases which are presented in Europe, noting that it is urgent speed up vaccination stop the wave of infections in the region.
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