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Genetic variability of wild-type measles viruses, circulating in the Russian Federation during the implementation of the National Measles Elimination Program, 2003-2007.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2009
Shulga S V, Rota P A, Kremer J R, Naumova M A, Muller C P, Tikhonova N T, Lopareva E N, Mamaeva T A, Tsvirkun O V, Mulders M N, Lipskaya G Y, Gerasimova A G
Abstract excerpt
Genetic characterization of wild-type measles viruses (MVs) is an important component of laboratory surveillance of measles. In this study, a phylogenetic analysis was performed of the nucleoprotein gene sequences of 228 MVs isolated in the Russian Federation between 2003 and 2007. Five genotypes, D4, D5, D6, D8, and H1, were detected. From 1999 through the first 6 months of 2003, the most prevalent genotype in...
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