measles
viral disease affecting humans
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Summary
measles is an infectious disease[1]. measles ranks in the top 0.72% of infectious disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,079 views/month, #2 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: notifiable disease[3], symptom or sign[4]
- Named after: red[5]
- Subclass of: Morbillivirus infectious disease[6], viral infectious disease[7], pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[8]
- Commons category: Measles[9]
- ICPC 2 ID: A71[10]
- Symptoms and signs: fever[11], cough[12], runny nose[13], maculopapular rash[14], lymphadenopathy[15], anorexia[16], diarrhea[17], Koplik's spots[18], conjunctivitis[19], Stimson's triad[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Measles[21]
- Medical examination: physical examination[22], Koplik's spots[23], ELISA[24], polymerase chain reaction[25]
- Possible treatment: Treatment of Measles[26]
- Commons gallery: Measles[27]
- Disease transmission process: airborne transmission[28]
- Number of deaths: 89,780[29]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[30], Measles: The Sequel[31], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[34], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[35]
- Has immediate cause: measles virus[36]
- Has effect: 2008 measles epidemic in France[37]
- ICD-9-CM: 055[38]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C96406[39]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[40]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8622[41], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:8622[42], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050309[43], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0050309[44]
- Maximal incubation period in humans: 19 day[45], 21 day[46]
- Minimal incubation period in humans: 6 day[47], 7 day[48]
- Basic reproduction number: 15[49]
Why It Matters
measles has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] measles is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]