Limited diversity of measles field isolates after a national immunization day in Burkina Faso: progress from endemic to epidemic transmission?

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Despite recent National Immunization Days in Burkina Faso, the rural province of Houët reported >400 measles cases in 2001 (82% not vaccinated). Phylogenetic analysis of 58 measles virus field isolates plus the first sequences from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo are reported. All viruses were genotype B3, which is common in the region. In Houët, there were two geographically...

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