The measles virus is an enveloped virus bearing a lipid bilayer. The bilayer holds the receptor binding hemagglutinin (H) protein and the fusion (F) protein. For infection to happen, the H protein ...

You are about to create a live-attenuated vaccine, which means that you need to alter a pathogen—in this case a measles virus—so that it will still invade cells in the body and use those cells ...

Mutation in the F protein is key for the measles virus to fuse and infect neurons. Two primary strategies exist for such infection. Initially, fusion activity of a mutant F protein is suppressed ...

As another community in Texas confirms positive measles cases, here's what to know about symptoms of the highly contagious ...

Measles virus can stay in the air or on surfaces for up to two hours after an infected person has left the room," the DPH said in the release. Health officials said measles symptoms appear seven ...