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Genotyping of measles virus isolates from central Europe and Russia.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 1999
Santibanez S, Heider A, Gerike E, Agafonov A, Schreier E
Abstract excerpt
Sequence analysis of 285 nucleotides located on the variable part of the N gene was undertaken on measles virus (MV) samples collected from acutely infected patients in Germany, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, and Russia. Two distinct genotypes (C2 and D6) have circulated in Germany between 1993 and 1996. Isolates of genotype C2 were related to strains reported in Germany before 1993. This genotype was also...
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