Measles BIO 062 Presentation

Austin Cromer

The discovery of Measles can be found in the works of a Persian

Physician

http://www.nndb.com/people/594/000114252/

Thomas Peebles was the first to isolate the Measles virus in 1954

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/7937398/Thomas-Peebles.html

The Measles is a viral infection caused by the Rubeola virus

http://ytpo.net/viruses/adpanela/images/079_20.jpeg

The illness starts in the respiratory track, but is not solely a disease of the

lungs

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039625703001796

http://www.frontiersin.org/Virology/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00279/full

Measles is an airborne disease and is spread through direct contact with an

infected individual

http://www.cmn.com/2012/04/traveling-this-summer-dont-bring-measles-back-with-you/

Key signs and symptoms of Measles are a rash and Koplik’s spots

http://www.umm.edu/imagepages/2558.htm

http://www.medicalook.com/Infectious_diseases/Measles.html

Other symptoms of the disease are similar to that of the cold/flu

http://diseasespictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Measles-5.jpg

http://www.methodsofhealing.com/Healing_Conditions/measles/

The Measles can be diagnosed through a saliva/blood test

http://www.cdc.gov/measles/outbreaks.html

Being a virus there is not treatment however, the prognosis is normally

great

http://catalog.nucleusinc.com/generateexhibit.php?ID=9004

There is no cure, but an attenuated vaccine is used to build immunity

http://www.unicef.org.nz/Measles-Vaccine

The Central Dogma of Measles is RNA RNA Proteins

http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v4/n12/box/nrmicro1550_BX1.html

The modern Measles’ vaccine is in a MMR combination.

http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/projects/merck2/merck25.html

The controversy with the MMR vaccination and Autism was caused by

fraudulent science

http://autismwithrhonda.com/2010/andrew-wakefield-and-jackson-tennessee/

Deaths related to Measles dropped by a third from 2000 to 2010

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2960522-4/fulltext

One of the greatest responses to the eradication of Measles is the Fourth Millennium

Development Goal

http://www.jm.undp.org/millenium-development-goals/ja-progress-toward-the-mdgs

The MR Initiative is a leading force in the fight against Measles

http://stopmeaslesrubella.org/2012/04/

The success of the Measles initiative is their policy on Routine Immunization

http://www.measlesrubellainitiative.org/portal/site/mi/menuitem.49e6575162334463c1062b10133f78a0/?vgnextoid=c8fed78aa7ca3210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default