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Interplay between virus-specific effector response and Foxp3 regulatory T cells in measles virus immunopathogenesis. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2009
Measles is a highly contagious childhood disease associated with an immunological paradox: although a strong virus-specific immune response results in virus clearance and the establishment of a life-long immunity, measles infection is followed by an ...
Caroline I Sellin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sero-survey of measles virus antibodies among symptomatic children attending Abuja Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

open access: yesGMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2021
Background: Nigeria is one of the countries with a high prevalence of measles outbreak in children under 5 years old, despite a history of vaccination. This study aims to determine the prevalence of anti-measles virus IgM and IgG among children under 5 ...
Adekola, Hafeez Aderinsayo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Following in the footsteps of smallpox: can we achieve the global eradication of measles? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
BACKGROUND: Although an effective measles vaccine has been available for almost 40 years, in 2000 there were about 30 million measles infections worldwide and 777,000 measles-related deaths.
Morgan, Oliver WC
core   +2 more sources

Global genetic diversity of measles virus (Paramyxoviridae: Morbillivirus: Morbillivirus hominis): historical aspects and current state

open access: yesВопросы вирусологии, 2023
Monitoring the circulation of the measles virus and studying its genetic diversity is an important component of the measles elimination program. A methodological approach to molecular genetic studies and their interpretation in the measles surveillance ...
Tatiana S. Rubalskaia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measles: What we have learned from non-human primate models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Studies in non-human primates (NHPs) have been crucial for our understanding of measles as a high impact viral disease of humans. Over a century ago, inoculations of NHPs with filtered secretions from measles patients first identified a virus as the ...
Swart, R.L. (Rik) de
core   +1 more source

Tumor cell marker PVRL4 (nectin 4) is an epithelial cell receptor for measles virus. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Pathogens, 2011
Vaccine and laboratory adapted strains of measles virus can use CD46 as a receptor to infect many human cell lines. However, wild type isolates of measles virus cannot use CD46, and they infect activated lymphocytes, dendritic cells, and macrophages via ...
Ryan S Noyce   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analisis Gen Haemagglutinin pada Virus Campak Liar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Penyakit Campak disebabkan oleh virus campak yang termasuk genus Morbilivirus dan Family Paramyxoviridae. Penyakit campak masih menjadi masalah kesehatan karena masih ditemukan Kejadian Luar Biasa (KLB) di Indonesia.
Bela, B. (Budiman)   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Measles Virus

open access: yesUirusu, 2017
Measles virus (MeV) is exceptionally contagious and still a major cause of death in child.However, recently significant progress towards the elimination of measles has been made through increased vaccination coverage of measles-containing vaccines. The hemagglutinin (H) protein of MeV interacts with a cellular receptor, and this interaction is the ...
Maino, Tahara, Makoto, Takeda
openaire   +3 more sources

Detection of measles cases in the Republic of Guinea in 2017–2018

open access: yesИнфекция и иммунитет, 2020
In 2017, WHO reported 596 confirmed measles cases in Guinea Republic connected to the 2016–2017 epidemic outbreak that was stopped after additional immunization (SIA) against measles in two provinces of the country.
I. N. Lavrentieva   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in the design and development of oncolytic measles viruses. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A successful oncolytic virus is one that selectively propagates and destroys cancerous tissue without causing excessive damage to the normal surrounding tissue. Oncolytic measles virus (MV) is one such virus that exhibits this characteristic and thus has
Hutzen, Brian   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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