Article
Improving molecular tools for global surveillance of measles virus.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Sept 2013
Bankamp Bettina, Byrd-Leotis Lauren A, Lopareva Elena N, Woo Gibson K S, Liu Chunyu, Jee Youngmee, Ahmed Hinda, Lim Wilina W, Ramamurty Nalini, Mulders Mick N, Featherstone David, Bellini William J, Rota Paul A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The genetic characterization of wild-type measles viruses plays an important role in the description of viral transmission pathways and the verification of measles elimination. The 450 nucleotides that encode the carboxyl-terminus of the nucleoprotein (N-450) are routinely sequenced for genotype analysis. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to develop improved primers and controls for RT-PCR...
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