Where did the measles first originate from?

Answer 1

Researchers suspect that the measles virus emerged when the now-eradicated rinderpest virus spilled over from cattle into human populations. The accepted consensus dates the emergence of measles to around the end of the ninth century CE, but uncertainty still remains. Like many human diseases, measles originated in animals.

Answer 2

Reports of measles go as far back to at least 600 B!.C!. however, the first scientific description of the disease and its distinction from smallpox is attributed to the Persian physician Ibn Razi (Rhazes) 860-932 who published a book entitled "The Book of Smallpox and Measles" (in Arabic: Kitab fi al-jadari wa-al-hasbah)!. In roughly the last 150 years, measles has been estimated to have killed about 200 million people worldwide!.[1] In 1954, the virus causing the disease was isolated from an 11-year old boy from the US, David Edmonston, and adapted and propagated on chick embryo tissue culture!.[2] To date, 21 strains of the measles virus have been identified!.[3] Licensed vaccines to prevent the disease became available in 1963!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Answer 3

Measles first originated in the Roman Empire, circa A.D 165-180. The first record of its existence is documentation of an outbreak in the Roman Empire known as the "Antonine Plague" -- An ancient pandemic that originated in the region. It is quite possible it developed elsewhere before this recording, however. Hope that helps. Cheers.