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Genetic characterization of clade B measles viruses isolated in Tunisia and Libya 2002-2009 and a proposed new subtype within the B3 genotype.
Virus research - 1 Nov 2010
Haddad-Boubaker Sondes, Rezq Moftah, Smeo Mohamed-Najeb, Ben Yahia Ahlem, Abudher Abdulhafid, Slim Amin, Ben Ghorbel Mohamed, Ahmed Hinda, Rota Paul, Triki Hinda
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Genetic characterization was conducted on 18 wild-type measles viruses, detected in Tunisia and Libya from 2002 to 2009. Sequence analysis of the 456 nucleotides in the carboxy terminus of the nucleoprotein (N) gene and the entire hemagglutinin (H) gene indicated that all isolates were in genotyp...
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