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Phylogenetic analysis of rubella virus including new genotype I isolates.
Virus research - 1 Oct 2003
Hofmann J, Renz M, Meyer S, von Haeseler A, Liebert U G
Abstract excerpt
Infection during the first trimester of gestation with rubella virus (RV) is highly teratogenic. Embryopathy is a frequent outcome of the primary natural infection with wild type RV during pregnancy while accidental immunisation with life attenuated vaccine has apparently little or no adverse effect. Although the nucleic acid sequence of RV is exceptionally stable, differences between the vaccine and wild type...
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