Abstract
The precise nature of the leukocytic reactions during measles still remains a subject concerning which there are surprising differences of opinion. Although it is generally held that a leukocytosis is present during the incubation period, followed as a rule by a leukopenia during the acute febrile stage,<sup>1</sup>there is a lack of agreement regarding the changes in the differential count. It was early pointed out by several investigators<sup>2</sup>that the fall in the blood count was due chiefly to a diminution in the number of lymphocytes. Diametrically opposed to this finding, however, have been the reports of a lymphocytosis occurring simultaneously with the rash.<sup>3</sup>Moreover, it has been maintained<sup>4</sup>that variations in the number of polymorphonuclear cells principally account for the leukocytosis or the leukopenia observed in the different phases of the disease. More recent workers,<sup>5</sup>on the other hand, have laid great stress on
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