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Measles virus, one of the most contagious of all human viruses, has been largely contained by the development and use of a vaccine that was introduced 50 years ago. These two volumes were timed to honor the introduction of the vaccine and to record the enormous advancements made in understanding the molecular and cell biology, pathogenesis, and control of this infectious disease. Where vaccine has been effectively delivered, endemic measles virus transmission has been eliminated. However, difficulties in vaccine delivery, lack of health care support and objection to vaccination in some communities continue to result in nearly 40 million cases and over 300,000 deaths per year from measles. By itself measles virus infection has and still provides some of the most interesting phenomena in biology. Following infection of dendritic cells, measles virus causes a profound suppression of the host’s immune response that lasts a number of months after apparent recovery from infection. Indeed, measles virus was the first virus to be associated with immunosuppression with many of the manifestations to be observed one hundred years later with HIV infection. Measles is also associated with devel

Who reads Measles: History and Basic Biology (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 329)?

Author

Diane E. Griffin, Michael B. A. Oldstone, editors

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9783642089442

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Medical, Stem

Updated

2026-03-24