Tag: Measles
Measles
Measles is a highly contagious acute viral infection. Transmission is by air (inhalation of micro-droplets emitted by an infected person). In developing countries, it...
Viruses in Anatomical Pathology
• Poliomyelitis: neurotropic.
Degenerative reversible first (disappearance of Nissl bodies) and final (ment-inflated or neuronal cell shrinkage).
• Papillomavirus (HPV): epidermotropic.
Induced epidermal hyper-plasia on the rete...
Incubation in Infectious Diseases
1- 2-5j:
- Cholera
- Chancroid
- Herpes (2 to 7d)
- Diphtheria
- The best part of bacterial infections (scarlet fever ...)
2- 10 days:
- Measles
- Leptospirosis (6 12j).
-...
Viral Infections
1- Herpes:
- Herpes is the leading cause of recurrent erythema multiforme.
- Virus isolation with search cytopathic effect remains the reference method.
Serology is used for...
