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Molecular epidemiology of measles in India, 2005-2010.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2011
Wairagkar Niteen, Chowdhury Deepika, Vaidya Sunil, Sikchi Sarika, Shaikh Naseem, Hungund Laxman, Tomar R S, Biswas D, Yadav K, Mahanta J, Das V N R, Yergolkar Prasanna, Gunasekaran P, Raja D, Jadi R, Ramamurty Nalini, Mishra A C
Abstract excerpt
Measles is a childhood disease that causes great morbidity and mortality in India and worldwide. Because measles surveillance in India is in its infancy, there is a paucity of countrywide data on circulating Measles virus genotypes. This study was conducted in 21 of 28 States and 2 of 7 Union Territories of India by MeaslesNetIndia, a national network of 27 centers and sentinel practitioners. MeaslesNetIndia...
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