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Offers resources on measles (also known as rubeola, red measles), a highly contagious disease caused by a virus of the genus Morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae. Includes symptoms and diagnosis, causes and risk factors, prevention and immunization, and treatment.
Morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae. It is one of the best known and deadliest of all childhood rash and febrile illnesses. In severe cases, complications such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, middle ear infection and encephalitis (a dangerous infection of the brain causing inflammation) may occur.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
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