Molecular Epidemiology of Measles Virus: Identification of Pathways of Transmission and Implications for Measles Elimination
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Molecular epidemiology of measles virus: identification of pathways of transmission and implications for measles elimination.
The nucleotide sequences of either the hemagglutinin or nucleoprotein genes from wild type measles viruses isolated in the United States between 1989 and 1992 differed by < 0.5%. This suggests that the majority of viruses associated with resurgence of measles in the United States belonged to a single indigenous genotype. In contrast, wild type viruses isolated from sporadic outbreaks of measles...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.1.32