A GP guide to measles: the ‘little diseases’

Here's a timely refresher on the prevention and management of this deadly disease
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Measles cases have spiked globally in 2019. Preliminary WHO data shows that the number of cases reported in 2019 is up 300% compared with the same period in 2018.1

Australia has not been spared, with more cases reported locally in 2019 to date than all of 2018 (109 cases in January-April 2019, compared with 103 in 2018 January-December).2