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Measles
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Melnick, Joseph L. Department of Virology and Epidemiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Last reviewed:November 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.411200
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An acute, highly infectious viral disease with cough, fever, and maculopapular rash. Measles, also known as rubeola, is of worldwide endemicity. The infective particle is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, specifically a paramyxovirus belonging to the genus Morbillivirus (see illustration). Measles, canine distemper, and bovine rinderpest viruses are antigenically related. See also: Animal virus; Canine distemper; Infectious disease; Measles outbreak; Paramyxovirus; Rinderpest; Virus
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