Which among the following diseases can prove fatal in combination with malnutrition among under 5 Children?
Measles caused by myxovirus is characterized by fever and catarrhal symptoms of the upper respiratory tract (coryza, cough)Measles tends to be very severe in the malnourished child, carrying a moality up to 400 times higher than in well-nourished children having measles. Additionally severely malnourished children have been shown to excrete measles virus for longer periods. Park 23e pg:146
Anemia
Tetanus
Measles
Diarrhoea
Concept of health and disease