Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the measles virus, a morbillivirus in the Paramyxoviridae family of -ssRNA viruses. The disease may have existed for thousands of years. The virus was first isolated in 1954 and transformed into a vaccine in 1963 in the USA.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections characterised by skin or mucous membrane lesions
1F03 Measles
H00394 Measles
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Immune system
nt06517 TLR signaling
H00394 Measles
nt06519 RLR signaling
H00394 Measles
nt06537 TCR/BCR signaling
H00394 Measles
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H00394 Measles
