"Measles virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The type species of MORBILLIVIRUS and the cause of the highly infectious human disease MEASLES, which affects mostly children.
| Descriptor ID |
D008459
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.455.600.650.500.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Measles virus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Measles virus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Measles virus" by people in Profiles.
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A Phase 1 Double-Blinded Trial to Evaluate Safety, Immunogenicity, and Dosing of Measles-Vectored Chikungunya Virus Vaccine (MV-CHIK) in Healthy Adults. J Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 17; 233(3):e641-e645.
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Sequencing-Based Detection of Measles in Wastewater: Texas, January 2025. Am J Public Health. 2025 Jul; 115(7):1115-1119.
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Detection of viral RNA and DNA and immune response following administration of live attenuated measles and varicella vaccines in children with chronic liver disease. Am J Transplant. 2025 Jan; 25(1):181-188.
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Oncolytic measles virus therapy enhances tumor antigen-specific T-cell responses in patients with multiple myeloma. Leukemia. 2020 12; 34(12):3310-3322.
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Oncolytic viral therapy for pancreatic cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Jul; 116(1):94-103.
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Base of the measles virus fusion trimer head receives the signal that triggers membrane fusion. J Biol Chem. 2012 Sep 21; 287(39):33026-35.
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The heads of the measles virus attachment protein move to transmit the fusion-triggering signal. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2011 Feb; 18(2):128-34.
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Measles virus blind to its epithelial cell receptor remains virulent in rhesus monkeys but cannot cross the airway epithelium and is not shed. J Clin Invest. 2008 Jul; 118(7):2448-58.
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Dynamic interaction of the measles virus hemagglutinin with its receptor signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM, CD150). J Biol Chem. 2008 Apr 25; 283(17):11763-71.
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Viral vectors for malaria vaccine development. Vaccine. 2007 Mar 30; 25(14):2567-74.