Measles can claim the dubious distinction of being the world's most contagious disease. One infected person in a crowded room can spread the disease to nearly every other person present who hasn't ...

The measles virus is an enveloped virus bearing a lipid bilayer. The bilayer holds the receptor binding hemagglutinin (H) protein and the fusion (F) protein. For infection to happen, the H protein ...

Measles is one of the world's most infectious illnesses but until recently cases had been declining. So what's led to recent outbreaks? Rockland County, in New York state, declared a state of ...

You are about to create a live-attenuated vaccine, which means that you need to alter a pathogen—in this case a measles virus—so that it will still invade cells in the body and use those cells ...

Background: In the United States, measles is resurging, with more than 700 confirmed cases since January 2014. During measles outbreaks, vaccination as early as at 6 months of age is sometimes ...