Organisms

Measles virus

The type species of MORBILLIVIRUS and the cause of the highly infectious human disease MEASLES, which affects mostly children.

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Abstract

The type species of MORBILLIVIRUS and the cause of the highly infectious human disease MEASLES, which affects mostly children.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Edmonston virus

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13 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.

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Indexing Annotation

"morbilli virus" sometimes refers to the MEASLES VIRUS & sometimes to the genus Morbillivirus: check text; infection = MEASLES

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QW 168.5.P2

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Measles virus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008459. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008459
  2. Measles virus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles_virus
  3. Measles virus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573943