Rash after measles vaccination: laboratory analysis of cases reported in São Paulo, Brazil Exantema após vacinação do sarampo: análise laboratorial de casos notificados em São Paulo

• Published in: Revista de saúde pública Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 155 - 159
• Main Authors: Maria I Oliveira, Suely P Curti, Cristina A Figueiredo, Ana MS Afonso, Márcia Theobaldo, Raymundo S Azevedo, Edison L Durigon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 01.04.2002
• Subjects: Exantema; Exanthema; Herpes vírus humano 6; Human herpes virus 6; Human parvovirus B19; Measles; Measles vaccination; Parvovírus humano B19; Rubella; Rubéola; Sarampo; Vacinação do sarampo

OBJECTIVE: The clinical differential diagnosis of rash due to viral infections is often difficult, and misdiagnosis is not rare, especially after the introduction of measles and rubella vaccination. A study to determine the etiological diagnosis of exanthema was carried out in a group of children af...