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An electron micrograph of the measles virus. Measles is caused by the measles virus, a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus within the family Paramyxoviridae. [51] The virus is highly contagious and is spread by coughing and sneezing via close personal contact or direct contact with secretions. [52]
The virus causes measles, a highly contagious disease transmitted by respiratory aerosols that triggers a temporary but severe immunosuppression.Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes and a generalized, maculopapular, erythematous rash and a pathognomonic Koplik spot seen on buccal mucosa opposite to lower 1st and 2nd molars.
Vaccines dont cause autism. ... What makes measles such a dangerous disease is that it causes a sort of amnesia of the immune system that can last as long as a year or two. #52.
Measles is considered one of the most contagious diseases, Russo notes, making it easy to spread quickly among unvaccinated people. "Some of these diseases are potentially lethal," he says.
A 2004 outbreak of measles from "an unvaccinated student return[ing] from India in 2004 to Iowa was $142,452". A 2006 outbreak of mumps in Chicago, "caused by poorly immunized employees, cost the institution $262,788, or $29,199 per mumps case". A 2007 outbreak of mumps in Nova Scotia cost $3,511 per case.
An early spike in measles cases. Before the first measles vaccine became available in 1963, nearly all children got the disease by age 15. Around 3 million to 4 million people in the U.S. were ...
Multiple subsequent studies failed to find any link between the MMR vaccine, colitis, and autism. [19] In March 1998, a panel of 37 scientific experts set up by the Medical Research Council, headed by Professor Sir John Pattison found "no evidence to indicate any link" between the MMR vaccine and colitis or autism in children.
Knowing measles symptoms and treatments can help curb the spread of the respiratory disease. Experts explain what to know during the U.S. outbreak.