Article
Measles in Minsk, Belarus, 2001-2003: clinical, virological and serological parameters.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Nov 2005
Atrasheuskaya A V, Blatun E M, Neverov A A, Kameneva S N, Maksimov N L, Karpov I A, Ignatyev G M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A number of cases of measles have been reported in the Republic of Belarus despite vaccine coverage of 98%. The absence of information on measles virus genotypes circulating in the Republic of Belarus has made it difficult to asses the situation. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to isolate and sequence measles virus strains from clinical cases in Minsk, Belarus, and to estimate the role of...
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