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Center For Disease Control and Prevention
You must have a PDF reader in order to view these pages (ex. Adobe Acrobat). Once viewed however, there is a wealth of information available to all who visit. Concentrating on measles and the measles virus, this site offers a unique way of viewing the information: each in depth piece of writing has a small box just to the left of it, which summarizes the key facts in that section.
KidsHealth for Parents - Measles
The KidsHealth site is separated into three sections: Parents, Teens, and Kids. The site has very helpful tabs on each article, which offer not only the article itself, but related articles and additional resources. This site is very helpful to parents and describes not only the general symptoms, but what to expect even in rare cases. Also there is some simple advice of how best to take care of a child with measles and other such info.
Measles Initiative
“The Measles Initiative is a long-term commitment to control measles deaths in Africa by vaccinating 200 million children, preventing 1.2 million deaths over five years.” With partners as reputable as the Red Cross, United Nations Foundation, Centers for Disease Control, and many others, this is an information site strictly for the purpose of educating all on the seriousness of the measles virus in other parts of the world.
Measles Self Care Instructions
Explained in a very “patient-friendly” manner, this site gets all the basics of the measles (rubeola) across without any scientific jargon to confuse an everyday web browser.
Medinfo
A very basic but informative site based out of the United Kingdom. Included on this site, a chart of complications and the associated risk factor of each. Also available is a small amount of info on prevention and treatment.
MEDLINEplus - Measles
A service of the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE offers comprehensive information on any and all subjects. This section specifically deals with the latest news, clinical trials, symptoms, pictures, prevention, and many other aspects of measles.
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