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One of the most important things you can do to protect your family's health in 2012 is to make sure your child is immunized against serious vaccine-preventable diseases. This edition, we're discussing one of the major infectious diseases to make a comeback in recent months: measles. You may have thought measles was a childhood illness of the past, but recent outbreaks in Quebec and across Canada have raised concerns among parents and health professionals.

Until next time,
The editorial team at Where Kids Come First


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I have been hearing a lot about measles and the current school-based vaccination campaign. Why is measles making a resurgence right now?
– Curious Dad

A: While measles was once nearly unheard of in North America, it never completely went away. Last year, there were thousands of cases of measles, though they were mostly limited to countries where children went unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated. Still, a recent resurgence of the disease has been observed throughout Europe over the past years, and more particularly in France, where children and adults have not been immunized sufficiently against the disease. [+]


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	You can only catch the measles by coming in direct contact with an infected person. False. "Measles –an infection that starts in the respiratory system which includes symptoms of fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a generalized rash – is known as the most contagious of infectious diseases," says Dr. Caroline Quach, of The Montreal Children's Hospital, MUHC. "One infected measles patient has the ability to infect roughly 12 to 18 others who are not protected against the disease, in contrast with smallpox, in which 5 to 7 people can be infected or the pandemic flu virus, which can affect approximately 2 people." [+]

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