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Rapid Identification of Measles Virus Vaccine Genotype by Real-Time PCR.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2017
Roy Felicia, Mendoza Lillian, Hiebert Joanne, McNall Rebecca J, Bankamp Bettina, Connolly Sarah, Lüdde Amy, Friedrich Nicole, Mankertz Annette, Rota Paul A, Severini Alberto
Abstract excerpt
During measles outbreaks, it is important to be able to rapidly distinguish between measles cases and vaccine reactions to avoid unnecessary outbreak response measures such as case isolation and contact investigations. We have developed a real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) method specific for genotype A measles virus (MeV) (MeVA RT-quantitative PCR [RT-qPCR]) that can identify measles vaccine strains...
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