Measles virus (MeV)

 

Hospitalisation occurs in 1 out of 4 unvaccinated people who gets measles.

Mortality occurs about 1 or 2 out of 1000 unvaccinated people with measles.

Serious complications are common in children under 5 years old and over 30 years of age.

Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases

Measles is normally passed through direct contact (coughing or sneezing) and the air

The virus remains active and contagious in the air or on infected surfaces for up to two hours

Transmission occurs from four days prior to the onset of the rash to four days after the rash erupts

High-throughput screening

High throughput screening (HTS)

HTS is an approach in antiviral drug discovery involving the use of automated equipment to rapidly test huge libraries of chemical or biological materials with the aim of identifying hit molecules against specific viruses. HTS is usually done in culture plates with 384 or 1536 wells format using high performance liquid/plate handling devices.

Recombinant viruses

Reverse genetic system

A reverse genetic system is mostly a plasmid-based system that can be used to insert the desired mutations in the viral genome to study the effect of these mutations on viral replication, virulence, sensitivity to antiviral compounds in vitro and in vivo.

Reporter viruses

Reporter viruses are recombinant viruses engineered to carry reporter genes such as the one coding for fluorescent or luminescent proteins for development of high throughput antiviral assays or easily detection method for in vivo replication.