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Measles virus
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Definition
: The type species of MORBILLIVIRUS and the cause of the highly infectious human disease MEASLES, which affects mostly children.
"morbilli virus" sometimes refers to the MEASLES VIRUS & sometimes to the genus Morbillivirus: check text; infection
See Also
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
Examples
SSPE Virus
Other names
Edmonston virus
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
nucleoprotein, Measles virus
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*Nucleoproteins
*Viral Proteins
Measles virus.
Nucleic Acids Res 1988;16(24):11821