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Appearance of a novel measles G3 strain in multiple European countries within a two month period, 2010.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 28 Apr 2011
Brown K E, Mulders M N, Freymuth F, Santibanez S, Mosquera M M, Cordey S, Beirnes J, Shulga S, Myers R, Featherstone D
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During late 2010, a previously unrecognised strain of measles genotype G3 virus was identified in five different European countries by the World Health Organization Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network.Apart from one, none had a travel history to south-east Asia, the usual source of G3 viruses, although epidemiological links could be established between some of the cases. This case series illustrates the value...
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