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Molecular epidemiology of measles virus: identification of pathways of transmission and implications for measles elimination.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1996
Rota J S, Heath J L, Rota P A, King G E, Celma M L, Carabaña J, Fernandez-Muñoz R, Brown D, Jin L, Bellini W J
Abstract excerpt
The nucleotide sequences of either the hemagglutinin or nucleoprotein genes from wild type measles viruses isolated in the United States between 1989 and 1992 differed by < 0.5%. This suggests that the majority of viruses associated with resurgence of measles in the United States belonged to a single indigenous genotype. In contrast, wild type viruses isolated from sporadic outbreaks of measles in the United...
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