Measles: Causes, symptoms, and treatments
Last updated Mon 15 May 2017
By Christian Nordqvist
Reviewed by Karen Gill, MD
Measles is a highly infectious illness caused by the rubeola virus.
Also known as rubeola or morbilli, measles is an endemic disease, meaning it is continually present in a community, and many people develop resistance.
However, if measles enters an area where the people have never been exposed, the result can be devastating.
Vaccination prevents many cases of measles around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that 2.6 million people who have not had the vaccine die of measles every year
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