Clustering of haemagglutinin gene sequences of measles viruses isolated in the Gambia

Virus Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-131

  Outlaw, Mark C ^a   Jaye, Assan ^b   Whittle, Hilton C ^b   Pringle, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clustering; Gambian isolates; Haemagglutinin (H) gene sequences; Measles virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; GAMBIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GAMBIA; GENES, VIRAL; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 0030960288     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(96)01434-7     Document Type: Article

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