How Long is Measles Contagious

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XV, Issue 3, 1 July 1922, Page 121

How Long is Measles Contagious

M. Baur (Munich Med. Woch.) states that while the incubative period of measles, 13 to 14 days, is well recognised, the contagious period is less Avell defined. He had the opportunity of studying carefully the question at the clinic of the University of Cologne, and concludes, as a result of this epidemiological investigation, that the contagious period is limited to the catarrhal stage and its first day or two of

the eruption. He places the period of maximum infectiousness at the time when the prodromal stage is just ending and the excuthematous stage is just beginning. He believes that the disease ceases to be contagious twenty-four hours after the appearance of the eruptions. Experiments seem to indicate that prolonged isolation is not required in the precautions of the treatment of measles.