FAISALABAD: The measles claimed lives of two more children in Allied Hospital in Faisalabad during last 24 hours, talking the death toll to 77 in the city in last three months.
Measles is caused by the measles virus, a single-stranded, negative-sense enveloped RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus within the family Paramyxoviridae.
Humans are the natural hosts of the virus; no animal reservoirs are known to exist. This highly contagious virus is spread by coughing and sneezing via close personal contact or direct contact with secretions.
