Measles remains a leading vaccine-preventable cause of child mortality worldwide,
particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where almost half of the estimated 454,000 measles …

Measles is an acute systemic viral infection with immune system interactions that play
essential roles in multiple stages of infection and disease. Measles virus (MeV) infection …

Measles is an important cause of child mortality that has a seemingly paradoxical interaction
with the immune system. In most individuals, the immune response is successful in …

Canine distemper virus (CDV) infects many carnivores, including ferrets and dogs, and is the
member of the Morbillivirus genus most easily amenable to experimentation in a …

The immunosuppressive properties of morbilliviruses including measles and canine
distemper virus (CDV) are well known, but the host cells supporting infection are poorly …

Measles remains one of the most important causes of child morbidity and mortality
worldwide with the greatest burden in the youngest children. Most acute measles deaths are …

Phocine distemper virus (PDV) was first recognized in 1988 following a massive epidemic in
harbor and grey seals in north-western Europe. Since then, the epidemiology of infection in …

Minimal change disease (MCD) is the most common nephrotic syndrome in children and is
commonly thought to be a T-cell disorder mediated by a circulating factor that alters …

Highlights•In immunocompromised patients failure of measles virus clearance may lead to
progressive lung or nervous system disease.•Children infected at a young age may develop …

Patients recruited in virus-based cancer clinical trials and immunocompromised individuals
in need of vaccination would profit from viral strains with defined attenuation mechanisms …