Measles

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/measles

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the viral family?Paramyxoviridae (genus Morbillivirus)
2. What is the mode of transmission?Airborne and direct contact with respiratory secretions
3. How does measles spread?Measles spreads through tiny droplets in the air or on surfaces that stay alive for a long time. It can travel from a cough or sneeze and infect people nearby.
4. Why is the measles vaccine important?The measles vaccine stops the virus from making people sick and helps keep everyone safe. When many people are vaccinated, the virus has a hard time spreading.

Live-attenuated vaccine: A vaccine containing a weakened form of a pathogen that replicates but does not cause disease.
Immunosuppression: A state where the immune system's ability to fight infectious disease is compromised.
Basic Reproduction Number (R0): The average number of secondary infections produced by a typical case of an infection in a population with no immunity.
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE): A rare, chronic, progressive neurological disease that occurs months to years after measles infection.