Photos of Measles and People with Measles
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A few samples from the Public Health Image Library
PHIL Photo ID# 8429
This thin-section transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed the ultrastructural appearance of a single virus particle, or "virion", of measles virus. The measles virus is a paramyxovirus, of the genus Morbillivirus.
PHIL Photo ID# 6887
This late 1960s photograph shows a Nigerian mother and her child who was recovering from measles; note that the skin is sloughing on the child as he heals from his measles infection.
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- Amercan Academy of Pediatrics
- Immunization Action Coalition
- Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
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