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Circulation of mumps virus genotypes in Spain from 1996 to 2007.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2010
Echevarría J E, Castellanos A, Sanz J C, Pérez C, Palacios G, Martínez de Aragón M V, Peña Rey I, Mosquera M, de Ory F, Royuela E
Abstract excerpt
Although the WHO recommends the use of genotyping as a tool for epidemiological surveillance for mumps, limited data on mumps virus (MV) genotype circulation that may be used to trace the patterns of virus spread are available. We describe the first complete series of data from Spain. The small hydrophobic region was sequenced from 237 MV-positive samples from several regions of Spain collected between 1996 and...
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