Genetic diversity of wild-type measles viruses: Implications for global measles elimination programs

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-35

  Bellini, William J ^a   Rota, Paul A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

EPIDEMIC; ERADICATION THERAPY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031820931     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0401.980105     Document Type: Review

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