Objective To study the comprehensive measures to prevent the measles epidemic in the college. Method Use the methods of investigation on epidemiology

then analyze and summarize the clinical features and the results of comprehensive defending measures. Results From March 19th

2005 to April 21st

2005 there appeared 36 measles cases of students in our college totally

and the incidence of this disease is about 352.9 per hundred thousand. Among them 35 had fever

25 typical maculopapule

11 non-typical rash

9 the Koplise macule

26 cough and sneeze

7 bloody-eyes. There were measles epidemic in our city and the cases usually happened among the students who lived in the same dormitory or store

27 of whom come from countryside and occupied 75 % of all cases. The situation had been controlled after we took effective measures

such as the isolation of patients

the injection of measles vaccine

environmental ventilation and sterilization. The number of cases obviously decreased after a week and there were no new cases 10 days later. Conclusion Because of the possibility of the measles epidemic among college students

medical stuff in colleges or universities should take preventive measures to fight against it.