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Towards measles elimination: Phylogenetic analysis of measles viruses in Turkey (2012-2013) and identification of genotype D8.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2016
Kalaycioglu Atila T, Yolbakan Sultan, Guldemir Dilek, Korukluoglu Gulay, Coskun Aslihan, Cosgun Yasemin, Durmaz Riza
Abstract excerpt
Molecular characterization of different measles virus (MV) strains is essential to combat the disease. Sixty measles MV strains were obtained from throat swabs or urine of patients in Turkey between 2012 and 2013 and characterized. MV RNA sequences (n = 60) were analysed for 456 nucleotides representing hypervariable domain of the nucleoprotein (N) gene. Of the 60 strains analysed 53 were the D8 genotype, 6 were...
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