Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2023
In a 6-year-old child, a dentist detected gray-white spots up to one millimeter in diameter on the buccal mucosa at the level of the premolars. The child was not vaccinated at the age of one year. The doctor suspects that the mucosal lesion was caused by a complex RNA virus with hemagglutinating properties. This virus has no neuraminidase activity and cannot not cultivated in chicken embryos. What pathogen caused the development of this disease?
Answer options
- Measles virus
- Coxsackievirus A
- Mumps virus
- Varicella-zoster virus
- Herpes simplex virus
Correct answer
Measles virus
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