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H1 genotype of measles virus was detected in outbreaks in Japan after 2000.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2003
Zhou Jianhui, Fujino Motoko, Inou Youko, Kumada Atsushi, Aoki Yasuko, Iwata Satoshi, Nakayama Tetsuo
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the molecular epidemiology and biological characteristics of wild measles viruses isolated since 1984 in Japan. The circulating measles virus was of genotype C1 before 1985, D3 from 1987 to 1990, and D5 from 1990 to 1997. It was replaced by the same cluster of Chicago-type D3 strain from 1997 to 1999. In 2000, D5 recirculated with sporadic cases caused by genotype H1. The H1 genotype became...
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