Measles Disease & Vaccine Information - National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC)

Measles is a highly contagious virus that is shed through respiratory secretions (nasal discharge, coughing sneezing) for four days before symptoms appear until three to four days after rash onset, when it is most easily transmitted.

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