Laboratory diagnosis, molecular characteristics, epidemiological and clinical features of an outbreak of measles in a low incidence population in Australia.

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BACKGROUND: Prompt and accurate laboratory diagnosis of measles is essential for case detection, outbreak management and ongoing surveillance in low incidence countries. Several disease markers are employed for diagnosis and are important to determine epidemiological and molecular characteristics for future control measures. OBJECTIVES: To report different disease markers, genotypes and epidemiology of a measles...

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