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# Measles

Therapeutic area

Infectious Disease

Rare disease

No

## Definition and classification

**Definition**

A highly contagious viral infection caused by the measles virus. Symptoms appear 8-12 days after exposure and include a rash, cough, fever and muscle pains that can last 4-7 days. Measles vaccines are available to provide prophylaxis, usually combined with mumps and rubella vaccines (MMR).

**Genetic basis**

No

**Non-human condition**

No

**Rare disease**

No

**Listing at source**

Listed

**Condition name**

Measles

**Therapeutic area**

Infectious Disease

### Alternative names (7)

- measles
- Measles morbillivirus caused disease or disorder
- Measles morbillivirus disease or disorder
- Measles morbillivirus infectious disease
- morbilli
- rubeola infection
- rubeola

## Clinical profile

**Disease mechanisms**

- Acquired

**All therapeutic areas**

- Infectious Disease

**Severity**

Severe

## Identifiers

**MONDO ID**

MONDO:0004619

Source: [monarchinitiative.org](https://monarchinitiative.org/MONDO:0004619)

**Parent condition**

MONDO:0005857

## Related records

### Broader conditions (10)

- Disease
- Disease by etiologic mechanism
- Disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism
- Human disease
- [Infectious disease](https://trialight.com/data/condition/infectious-disease-dadc2591-65fc-5842-b510-cfbc295d8093.md)
- Mononegavirales infectious disease
- Morbillivirus infectious disease
- [Paramyxoviridae infectious disease](https://trialight.com/data/condition/paramyxoviridae-infectious-disease-c87d2774-268a-5c4f-922f-ccfefd0a4386.md)
- Primary viral infectious disease
- [Viral infectious disease](https://trialight.com/data/condition/viral-infectious-disease-43db42a3-adad-5b9d-b74c-f17df0674c21.md)

### Trials (124)

- 300 Antibody Diagnostic Test Kit
- A Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Investigational Vaccine Trial (V205C-010)(COMPLETED)
- A Phase II, Comparative Study of Seroconversion of Single-Dose and Two-Dose Measles Vaccination in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Children: A Multicenter Trial of the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group
- A Study of 2 Doses of Menactra®, a Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Healthy Toddlers
- A Study of An Approved Vaccine at Mumps Expiry Potency in Healthy Children 12 to 18 Months of Age (V205C-007)(COMPLETED)
- A Study of ProQuad in Healthy 4 to 6 Year Old Children (V221-014)
- A Study of ProQuad™ in Healthy Children in Korea (V221-023)
- [A Study on the Immune Response and Safety of a Combined Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chickenpox Vaccine Compared to a Marketed Combined Vaccine, Given to Healthy Children 4 to 6 Years of Age](https://trialight.com/data/trial/a-study-on-the-immune-response-and-safety-of-a-combined-04ad6764-c9f6-4b7b-9a98-9a48c1981ede.md)
- [A Study on the Immune Response and Safety of an Investigational Combined Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella Vaccine, When Administered as Intramuscular Injection to Healthy Children 15 Months to 6 Years of Age](https://trialight.com/data/trial/a-study-on-the-immune-response-and-safety-of-an-a4bde0bf-426f-44fd-8f34-15d639cc2197.md)
- A Study on the Immune Response and Safety of an Investigational Combined Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella Vaccine, When Given to Healthy Children 4 to 6 Years of Age
- A Tool Kit to Improve Vaccine Confidence in the Philippines
- Assess GSK Biologicals' MMR Vaccine (Priorix) When Given to Healthy Children at the Age of 12 to 18 Months in Singapore.
- Barriers and Facilitators to MMR Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers
- Clinical Diagnostic Performance Evaluation of a Measles Rapid Test in Senegal
- Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of Mumps Vaccine
- Co-administration Study of OCV, TCV and MR
- Comparative Study of Immunogenicity and Safety of a 2-dose Regimen of ProQuad® Manufactured With rHA (V221-038)
- Comparative Study of the Immunogenicity of MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) Single Dose and Multidose Presentations
- Comparison of GSK Measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Versus PriorixTM
- [Comparison Study of SIBP's MMR Vaccine Versus GSK MMR Vaccine in Children Aged 9-11 Months](https://trialight.com/data/trial/comparison-study-of-sibp-s-mmr-vaccine-versus-gsk-mmr-b8838672-c545-42f7-85df-0b52fa857a90.md)

### Approved drugs (1)

- Measles virus, live attenuated

### Drugs in development (5)

- Measles virus vaccine live Phase 2
- [Mumps virus vaccine live](https://trialight.com/data/asset/mumps-virus-vaccine-live-8fede166-363c-431a-9225-3794f1579a22.md) Phase 2
- Rubella virus vaccine live Phase 2
- [Sulfamethoxazole](https://trialight.com/data/asset/sulfamethoxazole-af189e67-f949-4c86-b070-72c2783dba99.md) Phase 3
- [Trimethoprim](https://trialight.com/data/asset/trimethoprim-5dea4ddd-4d37-4327-8bbb-519aeeb58174.md) Phase 3

### Other linked drugs (2)

- Mumps virus, live attenuated
- Rubella virus, live attenuated

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