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What microbe causes measles?


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Measles:

  1. Measles is caused by an RNA virus.
  2. When someone with measles coughs, or sneezes, infectious droplets spray into the air where other people can breathe them.
  3. The measles-causing viruses are a part of the Paramyxoviridae family.

Symptoms:

  1. High fever
  2. Runny Nose
  3. Cough

Treatment or prevention:

It can be prevented with the MMR vaccine.


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