Infectious
Measles
A highly contagious viral infection caused by the measles virus. Symptoms appear 8-12 days after exposure and include a rash, cough, fever and muscle pains that can last 4-7 days. Measles vaccines are available to provide prophylaxis, usually combined with mumps and rubella vaccines (MMR).
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Open datasets
Imaging, genomics, clinical and text data you can use today
Benchmarks
Existing tasks and leaderboards to measure against
Open questions
Unsolved problems where a model could help
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Where the field stands
01
Early understanding
No strong gene target or drug candidate yet
02
Target found
At least one gene target with strong evidence
03
Drug candidates
Preclinical or phase 1 drug candidates
04
In trials
Drug candidates in phase 2 or later
05
Has approved drugs
At least one approved drug; not necessarily a cure
Derived from Open Targets drug and target data, not self-reported.
Healthy years lost (DALYs), 2023
12.5M
95% range 5.1M to 22.2M
Deaths, 2023
144k
People living with it, 2023
519k
GBD cause: Measles (exact match)
Research attention
What there is to build on
Open Targets Platform ↗Gene targets with strong evidence
0
of 532 associated genes
Top associated genes
TMC3CD40LGC4BCD46KIR3DL1
Drugs and clinical candidates
8
Approved drugs
1
Identifiers
- Open Targets
- MONDO_0004619
- MeSH
- D008457
- ICD-10
- B05
Trial and paper counts are rough measures of attention, not of progress. This page is for research planning, not medical advice.