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Evolutionary genetics of genotype H1 measles viruses in China from 1993 to 2012.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 2014
Xu Songtao, Zhang Yan, Rivailler Pierre, Wang Huiling, Ji Yixin, Zhen Zhu, Mao Naiying, Li Chongshan, Bellini William J, Xu Wenbo, Rota Paul A
Abstract excerpt
Virologic surveillance is a critical component of measles management. One of the criteria for verification of elimination of endemic measles is genetic analysis of wild-type viruses to demonstrate lack of an indigenous genotype. Measles is yet to be eliminated in China, and genotype H1 has been detected continuously since virologic surveillance was initiated in 1993. Virologic surveillance has been very active in...
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