DeCS

Descriptor English:

Measles

Descriptor Spanish:

Sarampión

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	sarampión
Scope note:	Enfermedad infecciosa altamente contagiosa causada por MORBILLIVIRUS, frecuente en los niños, pero también se observa en los sujetos no inmunes de cualquier edad. El virus penetra en las vías respiratorias por medio de las gotitas de saliva, se multiplica en las células epiteliales y se disemina a través de todo el SISTEMA MONONUCLEAR FAGOCÍTICO.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Sarampo

Descriptor French:

Rougeole

Tree number(s):

C01.925.782.580.600.500.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008457

Scope note:

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.

Annotation:

caused by a morbillivirus; do not confuse entry term RUBEOLA with RUBELLA (German measles); French for measles = rougeole (not rubéole which = RUBELLA), Ital for measles = rosolia (not rubeola which = RUBELLA); Span for measles = sarampi (not rubeola which = RUBELLA)

Allowable Qualifiers:

BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CI induit chimiquement
CL classification
CN congénital
CO complications
DG imagerie diagnostique
DH diétothérapie
DI diagnostic
DT traitement médicamenteux
EC économie
EH ethnologie
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
EP épidémiologie
ET étiologie
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
MO mortalité
NU soins infirmiers
PA anatomopathologie
PC prévention et contrôle
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
RH rééducation et réadaptation
RT radiothérapie
SU chirurgie
TH thérapie
TM transmission
UR urine
VE médecine vétérinaire
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

8626

Unique ID:

D008457

NLM Classification:

WC 580

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01