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This chapter presents information on morbillivirus. It covers a wide range of different aspects of morbillivirus, including history, virion morphology, electron microscopic image, genome properties, and replication strategy. The properties of individual transcripts and proteins, biological properties in vitro and in vivo are stated, as well as specific information about individual virus species.

An encyclopedia entry for "subacute sclerosing panencephalitis" is presented. It refers to one of the many diseases that can be caused by the measles virus. It notes that SSPE commonly affects children and adolescents between 5 and 15 years of age. Effects of the disease include behavioral changes, headache and seizures.