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An illness with all of the following characteristics:
Acute onset of generalized maculopapular rash
Temperature greater than 37.2 C ( greater than 99 F), if measured
Arthralgia/arthritis, or lymphadenopathy, or conjunctivitis
Cases meeting the measles case definition are excluded. Also excluded are cases with serology compatible with recent measles virus infection.
Suspect: any generalized rash illness of acute onset
Probable: a case that meets the clinical case definition, has no or noncontributory serologic or virologic testing, and is not epidemiologically linked to a laboratory-confirmed case
Confirmed: a case that is laboratory confirmed or that meets the clinical case definition and is epidemiologically linked to a laboratory-confirmed case
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