Genotypic and antigenic characterization of hemagglutinin proteins of African measles virus isolates

Virus Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-95

  Truong, Anh T ^d   Kreis, Stephanie ^d   Ammerlaan, Wim ^d   Hartter, Heike K ^d   Adu, Festus ^a   Omilabu, Sunday A ^b   Oyefolu, Akeeb O ^b   Berbers, Guy A M ^c   Muller, Claude P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Hemagglutinin; Measles virus; Monoclonal antibodies; Sequence

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; GAMBIA; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HUMAN; MEASLES VIRUS; NIGERIA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS ISOLATION; ZAMBIA;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 0032797481     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(99)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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