Measles virus circulation in Argentina: 1991-1999

Archives of Virology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 815-823

  Barrero, P R ^a   Zandomeni, R O ^b   Mistchenko, A S ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c Laboratorio de Virologia Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTININ; MEASLES VIRUS; NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS VACCINE; WILD RELATIVE;

ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, VIRAL; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

MEASLES VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0035011219     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007050170150     Document Type: Article

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