Measles BIO 062 Presentation Austin Cromer

The discovery of Measles can be found in the works of a Persian Physician

Thomas Peebles was the first to isolate the Measles virus in

The Measles is a viral infection caused by the Rubeola virus

The illness starts in the respiratory track, but is not solely a disease of the lungs rticle/pii/S /fmicb /full

Measles is an airborne disease and is spread through direct contact with an infected individual

Key signs and symptoms of Measles are a rash and Koplik’s spots ous_diseases/Measles.html

Other symptoms of the disease are similar to that of the cold/flu content/uploads/2012/10/Measles-5.jpg Conditions/measles/

The Measles can be diagnosed through a saliva/blood test

Being a virus there is not treatment however, the prognosis is normally great

There is no cure, but an attenuated vaccine is used to build immunity

The Central Dogma of Measles is RNA RNA Proteins 50_BX1.html

The modern Measles’ vaccine is in a MMR combination.

The controversy with the MMR vaccination and Autism was caused by fraudulent science

Deaths related to Measles dropped by a third from 2000 to S %2812% /fulltext

One of the greatest responses to the eradication of Measles is the Fourth Millennium Development Goal

The MR Initiative is a leading force in the fight against Measles

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