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Cocirculation of genotypes D4 and D6 in Greece during the 2005 to 2006 measles epidemic.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Sept 2008
Kokotas Stavros N, Bolanaki Eugenia, Sgouras Dionyssios, Pogka Vasiliki, Logotheti Maria, Kossivakis Athanasios, Horefti Elina, Papadakos Kostantinos, Mentis Andreas
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One of World Health Organization's proposed methods for the establishment of measles surveillance worldwide, to achieve the elimination of measles virus by 2010, is the genetic characterization of measles wild-type virus strains. In this study, 34 measles virus strains, isolated from clinical samples during the 2005 to 2006 measles outbreak in Greece, were genotyped and studied in terms of nucleotide variation...
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