Question 3 (part 2) · LEK · Measles
Acute infectious respiratory disease, caused by RNA viruses, in which the human being is the only reservoir of the virus, and infectivity to the environment occurs 5 days prior to the onset of the rash and 3 days following its resolution is:
- A. infectious mononucleosis.
- B. rubella.
- C. roseola.
- D. hand, foot and mouth disease.
- E. measles.
Hint
Look for a human-only RNA paramyxovirus infection that starts with catarrhal respiratory symptoms and is contagious for several days on both sides of the rash.
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