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The article in The Lancet claimed that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine caused autism. The methodological flaws were readily apparent to followers of medical research: among many ...
Measles (probably from Middle Dutch or Middle High German masel(e) ("blemish, blood blister")) [11] is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus. [3] [5] [12] [13] [14] Other names include morbilli, rubeola, red measles, and English measles.
A Lancet review on Handling of Scientific Misconduct in Scandinavian countries gave examples of policy definitions. In Denmark, scientific misconduct is defined as "intention[al] negligence leading to fabrication of the scientific message or a false credit or emphasis given to a scientist", and in Sweden as "intention[al] distortion of the ...
Journal editors should consider issuing a correction if a small portion of an otherwise reliable publication proves to be misleading (especially because of honest error), or the author / contributor list is incorrect (i.e. a deserving author has been omitted or somebody who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).
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.
What is measles? Measles, a.k.a rubeola, is an infection that’s caused by a virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s a respiratory illness that consists ...
Measles is so contagious that even one case is considered an outbreak. The resurgence around the world raises the risk of more serious complications and deaths.
By the late 1980s, there were over 80,000 cases of measles a year in the UK despite the availability of an effective measles vaccine since 1968. [1] [a] Roald Dahl, the children's writer whose daughter Olivia had died in 1962 from measles, told his doctor Tom Solomon that the figures bothered him and that there was "no need for it.