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measles

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003969

A highly contagious infectious disease caused by Morbillivirus, common among children but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the epithelial cells, spreading throughout the mononuclear phagocyte system.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003969
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymsrubeola
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2017; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoviral diseases of animals and humans; Morbillivirus; Measles morbillivirus
TranslationsSpanish: sarampión
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003969",
  "term": "measles",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A highly contagious infectious disease caused by Morbillivirus, common among children but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the epithelial cells, spreading throughout the mononuclear phagocyte system.",
  "synonyms": [
    "rubeola"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "viral diseases of animals and humans",
    "Morbillivirus",
    "Measles morbillivirus"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2017",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "sarampión"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/measles/"
}

Record 3,969 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.