News tagged with measles
Peru investigates deaths of almost 900 dolphins
Officials in Peru said Thursday they are investigating what caused the deaths of nearly 900 dolphins that have washed up on its northern coast over the past four months.
Apr 19, 2012 |
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From herd immunity and complacency to group panic: How vaccine scares unfold
Worries over vaccine risks can allow preventable contagious diseases, such as measles and whooping cough, to make a comeback. A new study, published in PLoS Computational Biology, shows how to predict ways in which popula ...
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Researchers find new virus related to measles and mumps that causes fatal kidney disease in cats
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working in Hong Kong have discovered a new virus they are calling feline morbillivirus (FmoPV). It is apparently related to the virus that causes measles and mumps in ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Surprises of the measles virus structure with new 3d model
Professor Sarah Butcher's research group from Helsinki University's Institute of Biotechnology report in the 24th October online issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a three-dimensional model ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Donors promise $4 billion to global vaccines body
(AP) -- Donors promised to give a global vaccines body more than $4 billion to help it protect millions of children from diseases like measles, pneumonia and yellow fever.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 13, 2011 |
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US on track for most measles cases in a decade
(AP) -- The United States seems to be on track to have more measles cases than any year in more than a decade, with virtually all cases linked to other countries, including Europe where there's a big outbreak.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 05, 2011 |
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Vaccine effort targets 41 million in Americas
The Pan-American Health Organization said Friday it is aiming to vaccinate 41 million people in 45 Western Hemisphere nations against a variety of diseases in its ninth annual vaccination week.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 22, 2011 |
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Europe, especially France, hit by measles outbreak
(AP) -- Europe, especially France, has been hit by a major outbreak of measles, which the U.N. health agency is blaming on the failure to vaccinate all children.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Remote Nigerian village becomes front line in measles fight
One of the front lines of global health is in this dusty northern Nigerian village, where a man dressed in a turban and caftan walks the streets, delivering a warning through a megaphone.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Research opens door to vaccines that can circumvent maternal antibodies
New research that reveals how maternal antibodies block an immune response to the measles virus is a first step toward improving current childhood vaccination practices, scientists say.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Air travelers may have been exposed to measles
(AP) -- Public health officials are warning travelers and workers present at four U.S. airports on two recent days that they may have been exposed to measles from a traveler arriving from London.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 27, 2011 |
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Researchers test inhalable measles vaccine
Sustained high vaccination coverage is key to preventing deaths from measles. Despite the availability of a vaccine, measles remains an important killer of children worldwide, particularly in less-developed regions where ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Scientists find measles' natural nemesis
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found that a known enzyme in cells protects against measles virus, likely by altering the virus's genetic material, RNA. Cells lacking the enzyme become highly vulnerable ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Measles virus plays role in Paget's disease of bone, team says
A gene from the measles virus plays a key role in the development of Paget's disease of bone, according to a team of researchers led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Their findings, recently published in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Conn. company's stuffed germ toys catching on
(AP) -- Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon.
Dec 19, 2010 |
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Measles
Measles, also known as rubeola or morbilli, is an infection of the respiratory system caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. Morbilliviruses, like other paramyxoviruses, are enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses. Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a generalized, maculopapular, erythematous rash.
Measles (also sometimes known as English Measles) is spread through respiration (contact with fluids from an infected person's nose and mouth, either directly or through aerosol transmission), and is highly contagious—90% of people without immunity sharing living space with an infected person will catch it. An asymptomatic incubation period occurs nine to twelve days from initial exposure and infectivity lasts from two to four days prior, until two to five days following the onset of the rash (i.e. four to nine days infectivity in total).
An alternative name for measles in English-speaking countries is rubeola, which is sometimes confused with rubella (German measles); the diseases are unrelated.
For more information about Measles, read the full article at
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