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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 does measles grow?

Measles is caused by the measles virus, which is an RNA virus that primarily grows in the respiratory tract after transmission through respiratory droplets from an infected person. Once inside the host, the virus attaches to and enters the epithelial cells of the throat and lungs, where it replicates and spreads to other tissues. The immune response to the virus contributes to the symptoms of measles, including fever, cough, and rash, as the virus disseminates throughout the body. The growth of the virus is facilitated by its ability to evade the immune system during the initial stages of infection.


What type of cell are measles?

Measles is a viral infection caused by the measles virus, which primarily infects and replicates in immune cells such as T lymphocytes and macrophages in the respiratory system.


How does the measles vaccine work to protect against the measles virus?

The measles vaccine works by introducing a weakened or inactive form of the measles virus into the body. This triggers the immune system to produce antibodies that can recognize and fight off the virus if the person is exposed to it in the future. This helps to prevent the person from getting sick with measles.


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.


What are drugs used for vaccine in measles?

The drug used for the measles vaccine is typically a live attenuated virus called the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. It helps the immune system develop protective antibodies against the measles virus, preventing infection and providing immunity.


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.


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.


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.


How does the measles pathogen reproduce within the human host?

The measles virus enters the respiratory system through inhalation. It then infects cells in the respiratory tract and lymph nodes, where it replicates. The virus spreads through the bloodstream to other organs, causing symptoms and allowing for further transmission to others.