Article
Emergence and continuous evolution of genotype 1E rubella viruses in China.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2012
Zhu Zhen, Cui Aili, Wang Huanhuan, Zhang Yan, Liu Chunyu, Wang Changyin, Zhou Shujie, Chen Xia, Zhang Zhenying, Feng Daxin, Wang Yan, Chen Haiyun, Pan Zhengfan, Zeng Xiangjie, Zhou Jianhui, Wang Shuang, Chang Xin, Lei Yue, Tian Hong, Liu Yang, Zhou Shunde, Zhan Jun, Chen Hui, Gu Suyi, Tian Xiaoling, Liu Jianfeng, Chen Ying, Fu Hong, Yang Xiuhui, Zheng Huanying, Liu Leng, Zheng Lei, Gao Hui, He Jilan, Sun Li, Xu Wenbo
Abstract excerpt
In China, rubella vaccination was introduced into the national immunization program in 2008, and a rubella epidemic occurred in the same year. In order to know whether changes in the genotypic distribution of rubella viruses have occurred in the postvaccination era, we investigate in detail the epidemiological profile of rubella in China and estimate the evolutionary rate, molecular clock phylogeny, and...
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