User:EthosNap/Article Analysis and First Draft

1) Article Analysis
I will be comparing my article Measles morbillivirus with the article Rotavirus.

Lead
Rotavirus: The lead is a lot longer. It has three paragraphs of information. It goes into a lot more detail about not only the virus but the history, the disease, and public health issues.

Measles morbillivirus: The lead is a lot shorter. It has one small paragraph with a few sentences of information. It concisely describes what the virus is, what disease it causes (measles) and the hosts it is known to infect.

Compare: They both have good leading sentences and a table of contents.

Content
Rotavirus: It goes into a lot more detail. Content that is unique to this article are the types of rotavirus, transmission, signs and symptoms, disease mechanisms, immune response (specific response, innate response, and markers of protection) diagnosis and detection, treatment and prognosis, prevention, epidemiology, other animals, and history.

Measles morbillivirus: It goes into a lot less detail. Content that is unique to this article is evolution, genotypes, and infection.

Compare: The content that they both share in common are structure and replication.

Organization
Rotavirus: The article is a lot longer. It has a lot more sections. There are 13 headings for different categories of information. Headings are divided into subheadings, especially in the section about the structure of Rotavirus.

Measles morbillivirus: The article is a lot shorter. It has less sections. There are 8 headings for different categories of information. The replication heading is split up into some subheadings (entry and genome replication and viral assembly) which is good, but there could be more subheadings.

Images and Media
Rotavirus: There are 9 images in total. It includes nice black and white images and lots of graphs and diagrams.

Measles morbillivirus: There are 4 images in total. It has mainly colored images, and a couple diagrams but no graphs.

Overall Comparison
My article for Measles morbillivirus is very underdeveloped compared to the article for Rotavirus. It is missing a lot of content, references, and media. It could use a lot more information and explanation.

2) First Draft
I plan to add a small section about prevention, because it is not included in the article yet.

Prevention
Measles is highly contagious, since the damage of epithelial cells in the upper respiratory tract produces a cough reflex that spreads aerosols. Health care centers, travel centers, and large gatherings are all recognized hotspots for the transmission of Measles.

All current Measles vaccines are live attenuated. It can be administered on its own in the form of subcutaneous injection, but it is more common to deliver it as a combination vaccine with mumps and rubella. The vaccine must contain at least 1,000 TCID50, according to the WHO. One injection of vaccine after age one usually produces immunity, while two injections are almost completely effective. Children, travelers, students, health care workers, and individuals exposed to a Measles outbreak are all recommended to get vaccinated for Measles. In order to completely eliminate Measles worldwide, 93% of the population must be vaccinated.