What's the difference between measles and rubella?

Measles


Definition:

  • (n.) Leprosy; also, a leper.
  • (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola.
  • (n.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
  • (n.) A disease of trees.
  • (n.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By 1978, the reduction in incidence of measles will exceed 90%.
  • (2) In an effort to identify the optimal dose and strain of measles vaccination for early immunization, Peruvian infants were randomly assigned to receive one of three measles vaccines in varying doses at 5 to 6 or 8 to 9 months of age.
  • (3) Five potential N-linked glycosylation sites are present in the measles H protein sequence.
  • (4) From our data, more than 1 X 10(6) antibody molecules must bind to each cell infected with measles virus before complement dependent lysis can occur in a homologous test system.
  • (5) The results showed that measles virus produced three size classes of plus-sense N-containing RNA species corresponding to monocistronic N RNA, bicistronic NP RNA, and antigenomes.
  • (6) The relatively high HI titres observed, particularly in adults, imply that antigenic restimulation of antibody against measles occurs and thus that coverage by immunization remains inadequate.
  • (7) Foremost among the predisposing factors were measles (25%), empyema thoraxis (17%), and unconsciousness (13%).
  • (8) A resurgence of measles, a highly infectious viral infection, has occurred in the United States.
  • (9) Unvaccinated children had a mortality hazard ratio of 3.0 compared with vaccinated children (P = .002), indicating a protective efficacy against death of 66% (CI 32%-83%) of measles vaccination.
  • (10) While measles virus caused extensive damage to nervous tissue, the SSPE strains, in general, exerted a less deleterious effect.
  • (11) Measles and rubella antibody titres in patients with and without HLA-Dw2 and HLA-B7 antigens were compared using a sensitive radioimmunoassay method.
  • (12) The reduced anti-M antibody in sera from patients with SSPE was demonstrated whether immune precipitation was performed with wild-type measles virus or SSPE virus proteins.
  • (13) Ninety per cent of children who had pre-vaccination measles antibodies showed a two-fold or more rise in HI antibodies.
  • (14) The antibody response to the measles component was marginally better in the older group, but no differences were observed in the response to the mumps and rubella components.
  • (15) It is suggested that malnourished children in the community or the very young can be safely and effectively vaccinated against measles.
  • (16) Age at measles contraction was obtained and analyzed for 44 SSPE patients identified in Karachi between 1983 and 1988.
  • (17) From these libraries, a measles virus specific sequence corresponding to 885 of 1600 nucleotides of the measles virus phosphoprotein gene has been cloned.
  • (18) Homogeneous IgG bands were separated by preparative agarose electrophoresis and were found to represent measles virus-specific antibodies.
  • (19) Cross-sectional surveys of the measles immunisation status of resident 6-23-month-old infants were conducted immediately before, immediately after, and approximately 2 months after the campaign in order to determine the effectiveness of a mass campaign in boosting coverage in an area with a high influx rate.
  • (20) Biopsies from controls did not show evidence of measles virus.

Rubella


Definition:

  • (n.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hemagglutinating (HA) activity of rubella virus was inactivated with 2-mercaptoethanol (2ME) in a dose-dependent manner.
  • (2) The reported case of fetal infection in spite of previous rubella vaccination of the mother does not discourage the use of rubella vaccine.
  • (3) Tilorone alone, or with rubella, had no effect on any of the parameters studied.
  • (4) This paper reports data concerning the immune status of 252 pregnant women with regard to rubella infection.
  • (5) The Authors report the results of IgM and IgA assays in blood of the umbilical cord of 1694 newborns during the period from October 1973 to July 1974 after a rubella epidemic occurred in Piedmont.
  • (6) Interestingly, when a panel of viral antibodies was tested, only those to rubella virus were elevated in the early postlaser period.
  • (7) Rubella IgM was detected in nine of 37,000 samples; congenital rubella infection was confirmed serologically in eight infants.
  • (8) Measles and rubella antibody titres in patients with and without HLA-Dw2 and HLA-B7 antigens were compared using a sensitive radioimmunoassay method.
  • (9) A proportion (10 out of 33, 30%) of the vaccinees developed low amounts of rubella IgG-class (both IgG1 and IgG3 isotypes) antibodies.
  • (10) The antibody response to the measles component was marginally better in the older group, but no differences were observed in the response to the mumps and rubella components.
  • (11) The results obtained for the range of pH 6.0--8.0 speak against a pH dependency of the rubella HAI test.
  • (12) The presence of cardiolipin (4.4 per cent), the amount of sphingomyelin (6.9 per cent) and the molar ratio of cholesterol to phospholipids (0.26) in varions seem to favor a rubella virus maturation site in the cells.
  • (13) Notwithstanding the fact that rubella vaccination has been recommended for all school-girls since 1973, no significant difference was noticed between the seropositivity rates of healthy females aged 18-23 observed in the period 1973-78 (i.e.
  • (14) Licensure and widespread distribution of attenuated rubella virus vaccines in 1969 have prevented epidemic rubella.
  • (15) Rubella infection of the newborn was confirmed by rubella specific IgM only if the mother had contracted German measles during the first trimester of the pregnancy (6 out of 7 cases).
  • (16) Pregnant women showed an overall downward trend in susceptibility to rubella (from 4.2% at the beginning of 1984 to 3.0% at the end of 1986), and a similar decline was seen in the two other categories.
  • (17) Sensitization to avian and other animal proteins and antibiotics which may follow the use of most of the currently available measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, either single or combined, may be expected to be eliminated when this new vaccine is used.
  • (18) In the 3-5 year-old group, rural environment, low socioeconomic status, no school attendance and lack of brothers were associated with statistically lower levels of measles, rubella, or mumps infection.
  • (19) Measles infection prevalence was significantly higher than that for rubella and mumps from 3 (48.3%, 14.2%, 25.5%, respectively) through 7 years of age, (64%, 40.9%, 39%).
  • (20) During epidemics, rubella virus infection should be considered in patients who manifest cardiac symptoms and signs of unknown etiology.

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