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Description
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. MeSH
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Approved Indicated Drugs (2)
Phase 3 Indicated Drugs (13)
acellular pertussis vaccine (including diptheria and tetanus toxoids) (Tripedia)
bivalent oral polio vaccine (bopv), type 1 and type 3 (BOPV)
Haemophilus influenzae Type b Conjugate and Hepatitis B (Recombinant) (Comvax)
live attenuated varicella vaccine (Varivax)
Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine, Live (Priorix)
Meningococcal (Groups A, C, Y, W) Conjugate Vaccine (MenQuadfi)
Other Experimental Indicated Drugs (2)
Organization Involved with Phase 4 Indications (36)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Centre de Recherche en Sante de Nouna, Burkina Faso
Organization Involved with Phase 3 Indications (2)
Organization Involved with Phase 2 Indications (7)
Organization Involved with Phase 1 Indications (9)
Organization Involved with Other Experimental Indications (5)
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