Measles virus

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Related Terms 4 Scope Note 5 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

rougeole virus, rubeola virus

Broader Terms

Morbillivirus

Related Terms

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Scope Note

etiologic agent of measles and certain forms of encephalitis.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• The receptor for the measles virus is the human complement regulatory cofactor protein CD46.
• Measles virus is known to be able to linger on in some infected people as in the disease SSPE referred to above.
• Measles virus is rarely isolated from the brain of a patient with acute measles panencephalitis.
• 3899 Figures and tables A matrix-less measles virus is infectious and elicits extensive cell fusion: consequences for propagation in the brain ToniCathomen, BrankaMrkic, DanileSpehner, RobertDrillien, RolandNaef, JovanPavlovic, AdrianoAguzzi, MartinA.
• The measles virus is shed in oral and nasal secretions for some days before and some days after onset of rash and so the virus can spread before the illness is manifest.

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