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Co-circulation of two genotypes of measles virus and mutual change of the prevailing genotypes every few years in Osaka, Japan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2003
Kubo Hideyuki, Iritani Nobuhiro, Seto Yoshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Genotypes of 44 wild-type measles virus (MV) strains isolated in Osaka, Japan, during 1997-2001, were determined based on phylogenetic analyses of a 456-nt 3' terminal nucleoprotein gene sequence with the reference MV strains designated by the World Health Organization. The wild-type MV strains were classified into two genotypes, D3 and D5, recognized as indigenous in Japan. Six of 12 strains isolated in 1997...
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