Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by the measles virus. Other names include morbilli, rubeola, 9-day measles, red measles, and English measles.
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ICD-10 ChapterI: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Condition Classinfectious, viral, acute 1 Causative AgentMeasles virus (Morbillivirus hominis) 1 Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category) Measles
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Source Wikipedia: Measles Vaccine Online Reference Encyclopedia Article
Source Wikipedia: MMR Vaccine Online Reference Encyclopedia Article
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Source Gavi VaccinesWork: 50 years of progress, how Bangladesh chose healthsection Bangladesh bets on vaccines, six-disease paragraphQuote, section Bangladesh bets on vaccines, six-disease paragraph
About a third of those deaths were attributable to the six diseases targeted by the country's vaccination programme at that time: measles, tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
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These include tuberculosis, pneumonia, diarrhea, polio, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis, meningitis, yellow fever, malaria and cervical cancer.
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reducing measles deaths globally by 90% by 2010 compared to 2000 estimates
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Measles & Rubella Initiative (MRI), launched in 2001, is a long-term commitment and partnership among leaders in public health
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1. Measles (Wikipedia)
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Measles ... is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by the measles virus.
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Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
3. Wikidata: Measles
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Disease transmission process: airborne transmission
Wikipedia: MMR Vaccine Online Reference Encyclopedia Article
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The MMR vaccine (abbreviated as MMR) is a combination vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles).
Wikipedia: Measles Vaccine Online Reference Encyclopedia Article
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Measles vaccine is a live attenuated vaccine that protects against becoming infected with measles.
Contact tracing (Wikipedia)
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Diseases for which contact tracing is commonly performed include tuberculosis, vaccine-preventable infections like measles, sexually transmitted infections (including HIV), blood-borne infections, Ebola, bacterial infections, and novel virus infections (e.g., SARS-CoV, H1N1, and SARS-CoV-2).
Convalescent plasma (Wikipedia)
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Additionally, antibody therapy seems to have been used successfully to prevent infection after exposure to measles, mumps, and chickenpox.
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