Measles

A highly contagious infectious disease caused by MORBILLIVIRUS, common among children but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the epithelial cells, spreading throughout the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM.

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Tree Number(s): C01.925.782.580.600.500.500

MeSH Unique ID: D008457

Entry Terms:

• Rubeola

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Diseases Category
Infections
Virus Diseases
RNA Virus Infections
Mononegavirales Infections
Paramyxoviridae Infections
Morbillivirus Infections
Measles
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis