The diversity of measles virus in the United Kingdom, 1992-1995

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1287-1294

  Jin, L ^a   Brown, D W G ^a   Ramsay, M E B ^b   Rota, P A ^c   Bellini, W J ^c  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MEASLES VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0030916941     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-6-1287     Document Type: Article

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