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The first measles outbreak caused by imported genotype D9 measles virus in Shandong Province, China, 2013.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Fang Xueqiang, Sun Jing, Zhang Yan, Wang Changyin, Song Yanyan, Song Lizhi, Xu Qing, Li Bo, Chen Peng, Li Huipeng, Xu Aiqiang
Abstract excerpt
This study represents a measles outbreak caused by the genotype D9 measles virus (MeV), which was imported by Burmese individuals. Urine and throat swab specimens were collected from suspected measles cases. Viruses were isolated, and a 634-bp target fragment of the N gene was amplified by reverse transcription-PCR and sequenced. Phylogenetic results indicated that the 6 isolates belonged to genotype D9 MeV....
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