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New measles virus genotype associated with outbreak, China.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2010
Zhang Yan, Ding Zhengrong, Wang Huiling, Li Liqun, Pang Yankun, Brown Kevin E, Xu Songtao, Zhu Zhen, Rota Paul A, Featherstone David, Xu Wenbo
Abstract excerpt
To determine the origin of the virus associated with a measles outbreak in Menglian County, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, in 2009, we conducted genetic analyses. Phylogenetic analyses based on nucleoprotein (N) and hemagglutinin (H) gene sequences showed that these Menglian viruses were not closely related to sequences of any World Health Organization (WHO) reference strains representing the 23...
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