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Greek measles epidemic strain, 2005-2006.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 May 2007
Gioula G, Papa A, Exindari M, Melidou A, Chatzidimitriou D, Karabaxoglou D, Antoniadis A, Kyriazopoulou V
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this work was the molecular study of the virus strain that caused the last measles outbreak in Greece. Twenty-four saliva specimens were obtained from selected patients serologically confirmed as measles cases between December 2005 and March 2006. Measles virus (MV) detection was performed by a nested RT-PCR. The 447-bp segment of the N gene of these MV strains was used for genotyping. The N gene...
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