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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  3. infectious diseases and infestations
  4. infectious diseases
  5. viral diseases of animals and humans
  6. measles
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  3. infectious diseases and infestations
  4. infectious diseases
  5. viral diseases of animals and humans
  6. measles

Preferred term

measles

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A highly contagious infectious disease caused by Morbillivirus, common among children but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the epithelial cells, spreading throughout the mononuclear phagocyte system.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2017

    Concept scheme: NALT Full

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

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Synonyms

  • rubeola

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/306436

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