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Genotyping of measles virus in Canada: 1979-2002.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 2004
Tipples Graham A, Gray Michael, Garbutt Michael, Rota Paul A
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping is an important component of measles surveillance. In this study, we report the genotypes of 30 measles viruses from cases in Canada; 6 of these were collected between 1979 and 1996 and 24 were collected from 1997 through 2002. Many measles virus genotypes were found (C1, C2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, E, and H1). These data indicate that the predominant measles virus genotypes detected from 1979 to 1997...
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