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Measles resurgence associated with continued circulation of genotype H1 viruses in China, 2005.
Virology journal - 8 Sept 2009
Ji Yixin, Zhang Yan, Xu Songtao, Zhu Zhen, Zuo Shuyan, Jiang Xiaohong, Lu Peishan, Wang Changyin, Liang Yong, Zheng Huanying, Liu Yang, Mao Naiying, Liang Xiaofeng, Featherstone David Alexander, Rota Paul A, Bellini William J, Xu Wenbo
Abstract excerpt
Measles morbidity and mortality decreased significantly after measles vaccine was introduced into China in 1965. From 1995 to 2004, average annual measles incidence decreased to 5.6 cases per 100,000 population following the establishment of a national two-dose regimen. Molecular characterization of wild-type measles viruses demonstrated that genotype H1 was endemic and widely distributed throughout the country...
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