There will be no measles epidemic in its classical sense in Russia, since there is a large immune layer, said the doctor of infectious diseases, Ph.D., chief physician of the clinical diagnostic laboratory of INVITRO-Siberia LLC Andrey Pozdnyakov on April 6 in an interview with Gazeta .ru”.
The infectious disease specialist also noted that until the number of people vaccinated reaches 98-99%, local outbreaks of infection are possible.
The doctor recalled that of the known infections, measles is the most contagious. For many people, a fleeting contact with an infection is enough to make them sick. At the same time, vaccinated people are practically not susceptible to the disease.
He also reminded that measles is fraught with many complications.
“The effect on the immune system is very characteristic of the measles virus. A person is defenseless during the period of the disease against the endogenous flora that already exists in the body; most often it is the oropharynx/nasopharynx. In a normal situation, this flora does not affect the condition in any way, but with measles it is activated, since the immune system itself reduces the protective properties and causes complications. Therefore, measles is fraught with not only manifestations of the disease itself, but also the development of complications. Complications are primary, due to measles, and secondary, bacterial “Pozdnyakov said.
The doctor reminded that it is possible to get vaccinated against measles even during an outbreak of the disease.
Remember that earlier Rospotrebnadzor reported about the worsening situation with measles in St. Petersburg.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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