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The laboratory investigation of a measles outbreak in the eve of its elimination in Sri Lanka.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jan 2020
Samaraweera Buddhini, Mahanama Adhyana, Ahamad Almarz Z, Wimalaratne Gayan I, Abeynayake Janaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Measles is highly contagious and cause significant morbidity and mortality. Sri-Lanka has the goal to eliminate endogenous measles by 2020 in par with WHO. OBJECTIVE: To describe laboratory confirmation and genotype distribution of measles cases during the outbreak occurred from mid-March to May 2019, Sri-Lanka STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective study was conducted at National Measles Reference...
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