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Epidemiological and molecular investigation of a measles outbreak in Punjab, Pakistan, 2013-2015.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2018
Zaidi Syed Sohail Zahoor, Hameed Abdul, Ali Naeem, Rana Muhammad Suleman, Umair Massab, Alam Muhammad Masroor, Aamir Uzma Bashir, Khurshid Adnan, Sharif Salmaan, Shaukat Shahzad, Angez Mehar, Mujtaba Ghulam, Arshad Yasir, Akthar Ribqa, Sufian Mian Muhammad, Mehmood Nayab
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Despite the availability of an effective vaccine, the measles virus continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality in children worldwide. Molecular characterization of wild-type measles strains is an invaluable component of epidemiological studies or surveillance systems that provides important information pertinent to outbreak linkages and transmission pathways. Serum samples and throat swabs were...
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