{"id":5427,"date":"2024-09-21T16:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitalitymedservice.com\/?post_type=procedures&p=5427"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:46:58","slug":"vaccination-priorix","status":"publish","type":"procedures","link":"https:\/\/hospitalitymedservice.com\/en\/procedures\/vaccination-priorix\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccination against measles, rubella, and mumps: Priorix, MMR VAX Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
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Measles<\/strong> is a serious viral infection transmitted by airborne droplets. It spreads rapidly \u2014 without specific immunity, 95% out of 100 people in close proximity to an infected individual will contract the virus. Measles primarily affects the upper respiratory tract and lungs, which can lead to laryngitis, prolonged bronchitis, and severe pneumonia. In unvaccinated individuals, measles weakens the immune system, increasing susceptibility to recurrent respiratory infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rubella<\/strong> is an equally dangerous, fast-spreading viral infection that is also transmitted by airborne droplets. Rubella can be either congenital or acquired. Congenital rubella occurs when the virus is transmitted to the fetus through the placenta from an infected, often unvaccinated, mother during early pregnancy. This can result in fetal death, miscarriage, or severe birth defects such as deafness, cataracts, and various heart and brain abnormalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquired rubella in children manifests as a fine red rash, lymphatic system involvement, and symptoms of intoxication. Adults experience a more severe form of the disease, characterized by high fever, runny nose, throat irritation, persistent dry cough, swollen cervical and occipital lymph nodes, joint and muscle pain, and a widespread rash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epidemic parotitis<\/strong> (mumps) is a viral infection transmitted via airborne droplets. It causes severe intoxication, inflammation of the salivary glands, and can affect the central nervous system, leading to brain inflammation. Mumps may also result in pancreatitis and orchitis in boys (inflammation of the testicles), which often leads to infertility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, two modern vaccines are used internationally to prevent these infections: the Belgian vaccine Priorix and the American MMR VAX Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priorix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPriorix\u201d is a Belgian combination live attenuated vaccine designed to prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. The vaccine contains weakened pathogens of these three diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indications for \u201cPriorix\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n