Is measles a viral disease

How does the measles virus cause disease?

http://www.pediatricweb.com/nspeds/article.asp?ArticleID=832&ArticleType=9#4

The measles virus is transmitted from person-to-person by direct contact or by contaminated secretions of the nose and the mouth. The measles virus infects the lining of the nose and the upper respiratory tract. Then, it is spread through t…

Are people exposed to measles virus – including MMR – more likely…?

http://www.mmrthefacts.nhs.uk/library/evidence.php

In 1996, a paper (Ekbom A et al. Crohn’s disease after in-utero measles virus exposure: Lancet 1996; 348:515-517) published in Sweden stated that when mothers caught measles while they were pregnant, 3 out of 4 of these children developed C…

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a woman had measles as a child gets the disease again after her younger brother contracts the disease. This?

Q: probably occured because of a defect in what mechanism?A. Viral mutationB. Artifical acquired immunityC. Skin irritationD. Passive immunityAn woman who had the measles as a child gets the disease again after her younger brother contracts the disease. This probably occured because of a defect in what mechanism?

A: I don’t like any of these choices.A. “A defect” in viral mutation … viral mutation itself might cause it, but how does the “defect” term fit in here?B. Artificial acquired immunity, defect or not … this involves a vaccination and she never received a vaccineC. Skin irritation, defect or not, wouldn’t cause getting measles a second timeD. Passive immunity, defect or not, … which is acquired by passing from a mother to an unborn child, doesn’t apply hereMy answer, which doesn’t have a choice listed above, would be a “defect in natural acquired immunity”. A person can have the disease, and if their body doesn’t produce sufficient levels of antibodies against the disease, they can get the disease a second time.

Please help? Its a long question abiout viral diseases.?

Q: Consider the data information of diseases and incubation time below , on incubation time of different viral diseases. Use the data to predict which diseases are caused by viruses that undergo the lytic cylce, versus diseases that include provirus stage. What is a possible public health consequence of the incubation time for diseases caused by proviruses? Well I had some technical difficulties inserting the table but I will list what was in it. So for diseases: measles have an incubation time of 9-11 days, shingles have an incubation time of years, warts have an incubation time of months, a cold has an incubation time of 2-4 days, and HIV has an incubation time of 2-5 years.

A: HIV has an incubation period of 15 – 20 years

a woman who had measles as a child gets the disease again after her younger brother contacts the disease.

Q: this probably occured because of a defect in what mechanisma. viral mutationb.artificail acquired immunityc.natural acquired immunitpassive immunity

A: b