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Measles virus genotype D4 strains with non-standard length M-F non-coding region circulated during the major outbreaks of 2011-2012 in Spain.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Gil Horacio, Fernández-García Aurora, Mosquera María Mar, Hübschen Judith M, Castellanos Ana M, de Ory Fernando, Masa-Calles Josefa, Echevarría Juan E
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In recent decades, vaccination has substantially reduced the number of measles cases to levels close to the elimination stage. However, major measles outbreaks occurred in Europe during 2010-2012, after the introduction of the D4-Enfield lineage. We have performed a molecular characterization of 75 measles virus genotype D4 strains from patients infected in Spain between 2004 and 2012 by sequencing the N-450...
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