Generation of virus genetic lineages during an outbreak of poliomyelitis.

doi:10.1099/0022-1317-72-10-2483

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Generation of virus genetic lineages during an outbreak of poliomyelitis.

The Journal of general virology - 1 Oct 1991

Kinnunen L, Pöyry T, Hovi T

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Wild poliovirus type 3 isolates collected during the Finnish outbreak (1984 to 1985) in different geographical locations were compared by partial RNA sequencing. The entire 5' non-coding end and a discontinuous part of the capsid coding region were sequenced from 15 isolates. Combining the presen...

Topics

Antigens, Viral
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
DNA, Viral
Disease Outbreaks
Epitopes
Finland
Genetic Variation
Genome, Viral
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Poliomyelitis
Poliovirus
RNA, Viral
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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