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Genetic characterization of the hemagglutinin genes of wild-type measles virus circulating in china, 1993-2009.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Xu Songtao, Zhang Yan, Zhu Zhen, Liu Chunyu, Mao Naiying, Ji Yixin, Wang Huiling, Jiang Xiaohong, Li Chongshan, Tang Wei, Feng Daxing, Wang Changyin, Zheng Lei, Lei Yue, Ling Hua, Zhao Chunfang, Ma Yan, He Jilan, Wang Yan, Li Ping, Guan Ronghui, Zhou Shujie, Zhou Jianhui, Wang Shuang, Zhang Hong, Zheng Huanying, Liu Leng, Ma Hemuti, Guan Jing, Lu Peishan, Feng Yan, Zhang Yanjun, Zhou Shunde, Xiong Ying, Ba Zhuoma, Chen Hui, Yang Xiuhui, Bo Fang, Ma Yujie, Liang Yong, Lei Yake, Gu Suyi, Liu Wei, Chen Meng, Featherstone David, Jee Youngmee, Bellini William J, Rota Paul A, Xu Wenbo
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BACKGROUND: China experienced several large measles outbreaks in the past two decades, and a series of enhanced control measures were implemented to achieve the goal of measles elimination. Molecular epidemiologic surveillance of wild-type measles viruses (MeV) provides valuable information about the viral transmission patterns. Since 1993, virologic surveillnace has confirmed that a single endemic genotype H1...
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