"Measles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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D008457
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.580.600.500.500
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Measles" by people in Profiles.
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Vaccine-associated "wild-type" measles. Pediatr Dermatol. 2005 Mar-Apr; 22(2):130-2.
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Prevalence of measles antibodies in asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults. J Infect Dis. 1991 Nov; 164(5):973-5.