Genetic analysis of Asian measles virus strains - New endemic genotype in Nepal

Virus Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-78

  Truong, Anh T ^a   Mulders, Mick N ^a   Gautam, Dinesh C ^c   Ammerlaan, Wim ^a   De Swart, Rik L ^b   King, Chwan Chuen ^d   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^b   Muller, Claude P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Genotype distribution; Measles virus; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS STRAIN;

CHINA; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INDONESIA; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEPAL; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOCAPSID; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 0035014374     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(01)00255-6     Document Type: Article

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