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Descriptor
English
:
Measles
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Sarampión
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Sarampo
Synonyms
English
:
Rubeola
Tree Number:
C02.782.580.600.500.500
Definition
English
:
A highly contagious infectious
disease
caused by
MORBILLIVIRUS
, common among
children
but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the
epithelial cells
, spreading throughout the
MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
caused by a
morbillivirus
; do not confuse X ref
RUBEOLA
with
RUBELLA
(German
measles
); French for
measles
= rougeole (not rubéole which =
RUBELLA
), Ital for
measles
= rosolia (not
rubeola
which =
RUBELLA
); Span for
measles
= sarampi (not
rubeola
which =
RUBELLA
)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
8626
Unique Identifier:
D008457
Occurrence in VHL
:
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