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How the immune system works when a measles virus enters the body?
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The measles virus is transmitted via respiratory secretion and causes very serious illness. It first infects the conjunctiva, respiratory tract urinary tract and the central nervous system.
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How vaccinating a child with MMR vaccine makes them immune to measles?
MMR is measles mumps and rubella. If you give a strain of measles to a child, it's immune system develops anti bodies that destroy the virus, the anti bodies will stay around for ever and the child will be immune to measles as the anti bodies will prevent the measles virus from spreading.
How the immune system helps?
Vaccines contain a 'dead' or weakened form of a virus. The immune system will still respond as if the virus were a threat (when it is completely harmless) and will destroy it, generating lymphocytes that will 'recognise' the virus if it ever enters the body again, allowing rapid destruction if the virus ever enters the body again.
Does your body remember viruses that it meets?
Yes it does, the one responsible for this is our immune system. When a virus enters our body, our immune system recognizes this virus as a foreign invader and will then proceed to produce antibodies that will help fight off the virus.
What is the diagnosis for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis?
Experts believe this condition is a form of measles encephalitis (swelling of the brain), caused by an improper response by the immune system to the measles virus.
Measeles the virus that causes it?
The virus that causes measles is called rubella. The measles virus attacks the skin, respiratory and immune systems. It presents itself as a rash with flu-like symptoms.
How vaccines help the immune system?
Immune System Vaccines are like a mild type of a disease is given to you or your pet and whilst you may feel ill for a day or two it will make you immune to that same disease but it can only be certain diseases.
Why cant you get measles more than once?
In rare cases a person can. Generally though, it is a one time deal. Measles are caused by a virus. After a healthy body is exposed to a virus it will create an anti-virus to fight it. When the person is recovered from the illness they will be immune. This is also how the measles vaccine works. The vaccine introduces a small amount of the virus for the body to create immunity to.
What virus attacks the cells in the immune system that produce antibodies?
The HIV virus kills the helper T-cells which are part of your immune system.
What is used to make the measles vaccine-?
The active ingredient is the live, attenuated (weakened) measles virus.
Why are you Immune to Chickenpox but not to Measles?
The virus that causes Chicken Pox is different from the virus that causes Measles. If you receive the vaccination for Chicken Pox and not the vaccination for Measles, you are immune to the virus that causes Chicken Pox but have no immunity against the virus that causes Measles. Thus, while while Chicken Pox will not kill you from Reyes Syndrome, you might go blind from Measles. You should also get vaccinated for Measles. We can be immune to chicken pox as if the mother of a baby has had chicken pox the mother will pass temporary immunity to the baby. You can also have a vaccination. If you have chicken pox once it is unlikely you will have it again. But you can get measles more than once unless you get vaccinated. Measles are also more serious than chicken pox.
What is the mode transmitions for measles?
the virus enters through the respiratory tract or conjunctivas of the eyes. the membrane cofactor protein acts as the receptor for the measles virus. it is highly contagious caused by morbillivirus of the family paramyxoviridae.
What kills viruses in humans?
A vaccine is injected into the human body containing the antigens of the virus. The body's immune system produces antibodies from B-cells to destroy the virus and remembers the virus if it ever enters the body again.
