Measles, Mumps and Rubella

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Updated January 2009

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Title:   Mumps
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Mumps is an infection which affects the glands that make saliva. These glands are on the cheeks near to the ears.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Measles
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Measles is one of the more serious childhood infectious diseases which is still around in the community.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Mumps
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Mumps is an infection of the salivary glands caused by the mumps virus. The most common gland affected is the parotid gland which causes swelling at the angle of the jaw in front of the ear. There has been a marked decline in the number of cases of mumps since the introduction of an effective mumps vaccine.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Rubella
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Rubella is a mild illness caused by the rubella virus. However, rubella is serious because it can produce defects in children born to women who are infected by the virus during pregnancy. Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) occurs in up to 90% of infants born to women who are infected with rubella during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Measles
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Measles is an acute, highly infectious illness caused by a virus. Measles can cause serious complications such as pneumonia (lung infection), encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) or otitis media (middle ear infection). Complications are more common and more severe in people with a chronic illness and very young children.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Rubella - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Rubella (also called German measles) is generally a mild illness caused by a virus, but it can cause birth defects if pregnant women become infected.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   School entry immunisation certificates
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Children in Victoria need a certificate before they start primary school that shows whether or not they have been vaccinated against a range of diseases. You can use a certificate that can be issued by your local council or one that is provided by the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR). You will automatically receive a statement from ACIR after your child has completed the four-year-old vaccine schedule and has received all the childhood immunisations required.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Measles: what you need to know - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Measles is a very infectious illness that mostly affects children. It is caused by a virus and is spread from child to child by coughing, sneezing or sometimes kissing.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Measles
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   What is measles? Measles is a serious illness. It is caused by a virus. It can lead to other serious illnesses.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Vitamin A for treating measles in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Measles is caused by a virus and possible complications include pneumonia. Measles is a major cause of death in children in low-income countries and is particularly dangerous for children with vitamin A deficiency. This review found that there was no si...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Measles - National guidelines for public health units
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Series of National Guidelines have been developed in consultation with the Communicable Disease Network Australia and endorsed by the Australian Health Protection Committee. Their purpose is to provide nationally consistent advice and guidance to public health units in responding to a notifiable disease event.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Mumps - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about the symptoms, treatment, and complications of mumps, as well as how to prevent this disease.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Rubella
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Rubella is a viral illness that causes a skin rash and joint pains. For most people a rubella infection is mild, but it is very dangerous if a woman is pregnant. Rubella can cause death or birth defects in an unborn baby (foetus). Vaccination is available. Sometimes rubella is still referred to as German measles.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Immunisation and autism
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Autism is a developmental disability thought to be a brain disorder. Researchers have claimed that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination can trigger inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and, ultimately, autism in susceptible children. However, further studies undertaken around the world have found no evidence of this.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Measles
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Measles is a very contagious viral illness that causes a skin rash and fever. Serious and sometimes fatal complications include pneumonia and encephalitis. Measles is also known as rubeola. Symptoms of measles may include fever, runny nose, dry cough, sore and red eyes (conjunctivitis), red and bluish spots inside the mouth and red and blotchy skin rash on the face, hairline and body.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Mumps
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Mumps is a viral illness that causes fever and swollen salivary glands. Serious complications include encephalitis and myocarditis. Symptoms of mumps may include fever, headache, fatigue, weight loss, swollen parotid gland (the salivary gland located just in front of the ear) on one or both sides of the face, painful chewing and painful swallowing.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Rubella
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Rubella is usually a mild illness. However it can cause serious harm to an unborn baby if a woman gets it during early pregnancy. For this reason all children are now immunised against rubella.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Rubella
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Rubella is usually a mild illness. However it can cause serious harm to an unborn baby if a woman gets it during early pregnancy. For this reason all children are now immunised against rubella.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Measles: information for contacts
Publisher:   NSW Health
Description:   Contacts are people who shared the same air as someone who was infectious with measles. Some contacts who are not immune may go on to develop the infection unless they get preventive treatment.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Measles
Publisher:   NSW Health
Description:   Measles is a serious disease that is easily spread through the air. Immunisation is effective in preventing the disease. All children and adults born during or after 1966 should be vaccinated with 2 doses of MMR vaccine if not already immune.
Date:   Jun 2008
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