Many countries experienced a significant increase in measles business last year, including Austria. The infection waves often started in 2023. A risk is traveling and migration, the CRM center for travel medicine said in a broadcast.
The measles virus jumps somewhat from one person to another, and that for a few days before the infected diseases would even perceive. However, there is no animal host.
A disease usually starts with fever, cold complaints and conjunctivitis. Later the characteristic rash is added to the body. The infection usually runs light and falls on itself after a week or two.
“However, this should not hide the fact that there are regular complications,” says Thomas Jelineek, scientific director of the CRM center for travel medicine. Examples are middle ear and pneumonia, in one of the 1000 cases there are an inflammation of the brain. People with limited immune function and babies and toddlers have an increased risk of serious courses before their first birthday.
Too few and late vaccinations
To eliminate measles worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) has set itself a vaccination percentage of 95 percent. Many countries do not currently reach them, including Austria. According to CRM, too late and too little vaccinated. In Germany, measles is administered as a combination vaccine with components against mumps and rubella. From the tenth month of life, two vaccine cans are recommended and the lack of vaccinations can be drawn up at any age, according to the Ministry of Health.
During the Corona Pandemie, measles vaccination campaigns were stopped in many countries and since then the cases have increased worldwide. “This also endangers travelers who should therefore pay attention to full vaccination protection,” the CRM recommends. A country that is currently mainly struck by the Golf is Romania.
Source: Krone
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