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... > Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Mononegavirales > Paramyxoviridae > Paramyxovirinae > Morbillivirus > Measles virus

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Measles virus  

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  • Edmonston virus

Note

  • "morbilli virus" sometimes refers to the MEASLES VIRUS & sometimes to the genus Morbillivirus: check text; infection = MEASLES

Scope note

  • The type species of MORBILLIVIRUS and the cause of the highly infectious human disease MEASLES, which affects mostly children.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008459

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