Weekly Measles Trend in Punjab,Pakistan during the Year 2013
Mohsin Khan, Mohammad / Ghanni, Usman / Younis, Mohammad
Measles (also known as morbilli, English measles, or rubeola - not to be confused with rubella) is an infection of the respiratory system caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. Morbilliviruses, like other paramyxoviruses, are enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses. Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a generalized, maculopapular, erythematous skin rash, the symptom for wh...