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Measles is a serious viral infection characterized by fever, conjunctivitis, exanthem, enanthem, and respiratory symptoms (cough, coryza). Think of the rash as roseola-like. Think of the other findings as Kawasaki disease-like but with the addition of significant respiratory symptoms. The enanthem (Koplik spots) is pathognomonic. Measles is highly vaccine preventable, but there are many children who are nonimmunized, which creates a risk for a measles epidemic.
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Yamamoto, L. (2018). Measles. In: Rose, E. (eds) Life-Threatening Rashes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75623-3_6
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