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Measles Virus (Morbillinum)

Label from Boiron

  • Not on the FDA shortage list
  • No recalls in the last 3 years

What it is used for

Rx Only*

From the FDA drug label and openFDA records. For reference, not medical advice.

Most-reported side effects

218 reports to the FDA

  1. Fatigue24
  2. Headache24
  3. Pyrexia22
  4. Malaise20
  5. Dyspnoea18
  6. Pruritus16
  7. Dizziness15
  8. Nausea15
  9. Pain15
  10. Myalgia13

From the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System. These are voluntary reports: they do not show that the drug caused the event, or how often it happens.

On The Clinical Times

6 matchs

  1. Sept. 25Pennsylvania doctors estimate at least six babies born with measlesOutbreaks
  2. c. 900 CEAl-Razi's treatise on smallpox and measlesHistory of medicine
  3. 1846Panum's study of measles in the Faroe IslandsHistory of medicine
  4. 1963Edmonston-B measles vaccineHistory of medicine
  5. 2000Elimination of endemic measles in the United StatesHistory of medicine
  6. 2025Loss of measles elimination status in the AmericasHistory of medicine

Research

29,010 articles in PubMed, most relevant first

  1. Review2017 · Lancet (London, England)

    Measles (opens in a new tab)

    Moss WJ

  2. Review2020 · Current opinion in virology

    Measles pathogenesis, immune suppression and animal models (opens in a new tab)

    Laksono BM, de Vries RD, Duprex WP, et al.

  3. Review2024 · Journal of virologyFree full text

    What's going on with measles? (opens in a new tab)

    Moss WJ, Griffin DE

  4. Review2025 · Pediatric annals

    Measles: An Ongoing Threat (opens in a new tab)

    Popofsky S, Romero JR

  5. Review2019 · The New England journal of medicine

    Measles (opens in a new tab)

    Strebel PM, Orenstein WA

  6. 2024 · Medicina clinica

    Measles again? (opens in a new tab)

    López-Perea N

See all 29,010 on PubMed (opens in a new tab)

Clinical trials

434 studies on ClinicalTrials.gov

  1. TerminatedPhase 1 · started 2017

    Dose Escalation Trial of Intra-Tumoral Injection of NIS Measles Virus in Combination With Atezolizumab (opens in a new tab)

    Vyriad, Inc

  2. CompletedPhase 3 · started 2004

    ICMR-Indiaclen Trial on Amoxycillin vs Cotrimoxazole for Non-Severe Pneumonia (opens in a new tab)

    King George's Medical University

  3. CompletedPhase 1 and Phase 2 · started 2006

    Vaccine Therapy With or Without Cyclophosphamide in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Multiple Myeloma (opens in a new tab)

    Mayo Clinic

  4. Terminatedstarted 2004

    Responses of Premature Infants to Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) and Varicella Vaccines (opens in a new tab)

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

  5. CompletedPhase 4 · started 2020

    Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of Mumps Vaccine (opens in a new tab)

    Sinovac (Dalian) Vaccine Technology Co., Ltd

  6. Completedstarted 2021

    The Impact of Virtual Reality and Kaleidoscope in Children During Vaccination (opens in a new tab)

    Ege University

See all 434 on ClinicalTrials.gov (opens in a new tab)

Medical reference

StatPearls, for clinicians

  1. Measles (opens in a new tab)

  2. Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (opens in a new tab)

  3. Koplik Spots (opens in a new tab)

See all 280 StatPearls chapters (opens in a new tab)

MedlinePlus, for patients

  1. Measles (opens in a new tab)

    Measles is an infectious disease caused by a virus. It spreads easily from person to person. It causes a blotchy red rash. The rash often starts on the head and moves down the body. Other symptoms include: Fever Cough...

  2. Rubella (opens in a new tab)

    Rubella is an infection caused by a virus. It is usually mild with fever and a rash. About half of the people who get rubella do not have symptoms. If you do get them, symptoms may include: A rash that starts on the face...

  3. Mumps (opens in a new tab)

    Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus. It starts with: Fever Headache Muscle aches Tiredness Loss of appetite After that, the salivary glands under the ears or jaw become swollen and tender. The swelling can be...

Research, trials and reference come from the National Library of Medicine (PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, StatPearls on the NCBI Bookshelf, MedlinePlus); drug facts, side-effect reports and recalls from the FDA. For reference, not medical advice.