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Genetic characterization of L-Zagreb mumps vaccine strain.
Virus research - 1 Apr 2005
Ivancic Jelena, Gulija Tanja Kosutic, Forcic Dubravko, Baricevic Marijana, Jug Renata, Mesko-Prejac Majda, Mazuran Renata
Abstract excerpt
Eleven mumps vaccine strains, all containing live attenuated virus, have been used throughout the world. Although L-Zagreb mumps vaccine has been licensed since 1972, only its partial nucleotide sequence was previously determined (accession numbers , and ). Therefore, we sequenced the entire genome of L-Zagreb vaccine strain (Institute of Immunology Inc., Zagreb, Croatia). In order to investigate the genetic...
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