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Long-term transmission of measles virus in Central and continental Western Europe.
Virus genes - 1 Feb 2015
Santibanez S, Hübschen J M, Muller C P, Freymuth F, Mosquera M M, Mamou M Ben, Mulders M N, Brown K E, Myers R, Mankertz A
Abstract excerpt
The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted an elimination goal for measles and rubella, which is supposed to be met in the WHO European Region (EUR) by 2015. For verification of elimination, it is required that the genotyping data of detected measles viruses provide evidence for the interruption of endemic transmission. In order to record and assess the extent of endemic measles virus (MV) circulation in a...
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