measles virus

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measles
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmiː.zəlz/us
/ˈmiː.zəlz/
an infectious disease that produces small, red spots all over ...
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virus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvaɪə.rəs/us
/ˈvaɪ.rəs/
an extremely small piece of organic material that causes disease in humans, animals, ...
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Detection and sequencing ofmeaslesvirusfrom peripheral mononuclear cells from patients with inflammatory bowel disease and autism.
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Immunemediated protection frommeaslesvirus-induced central nervous system disease is noncytolytic and gamma interferon dependent.
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How confident can we be in stating that the vaccination programmes will eliminate themeaslesvirusor that they allow persistence of measles?
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After infection withmeaslesvirus, individuals pass through a latent, non-infectious phase with an average duration of 7 days, and then become infective.
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Seroprevalence in our sample for rubella virus is similar to that observed formeaslesvirus.
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A study ofmeaslesvirusand canine distemper virus antibodies, and of childhood infections in multiple sclerosis patients and controls.
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Altered ratios ofmeaslesvirustranscripts in diseased human brains.
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In much of the country,measlesvirustransmission has been interrupted.
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There is only one laboratory of which we are aware that claims to findmeaslesvirusin tissue samples from autistic children.
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The findings ofmeaslesvirusmarkers can be explained in some children on the basis of the immunological memory that one would expect immunised children to have.
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Canine distemper virus is closely related tomeaslesvirusand is the most important viral disease of dogs.
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Measlesvirusmay persist for years in brain cells, eventually causing a chronic neurologic disease despite the presence of antibodies.
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The outbreak lasted 25 weeks, included more than one strain of themeaslesvirusand had 12-17 generations of spread.
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Humans are the only natural host ofmeaslesvirus.
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Nomenclature for describing the genetic characteristics of wild-type measles viruses (update).
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For example, in the case of mumps and measles viruses, the virus strains were grown in embryonated hens' eggs and chick embryo cell cultures.
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Smallpox and measles viruses are among the oldest that infect humans.
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