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Characterization of measles sequences from Pune, India.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2002
Wairagkar Niteen, Rota Paul A, Liffick Stephanie, Shaikh Naseem, Padbidri V S, Bellini William J
Abstract excerpt
The goal of this study was to conduct the initial genetic characterization wild-type measles viruses currently circulating in India. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction detected measles RNA in 11 of 14 throat swabs collected from sporadic and outbreak-associated cases in the city of Pune, during 1996-1998. Sequence analysis of the H and N genes showed that six sequences were genotype D4, three were...
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