Molecular epidemiology of measles virus: Identification of pathways of transmission and implications for measles elimination

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-37

  Rota, Jennifer S ^a   Heath, Janet L ^b   Rota, Paul A ^b   King, Gail E ^b   Celma, Maria L ^b   Carabaña, Juan ^b   Fernandez Muñoz, Rafael ^b   Brown, David ^b   Jin, Li ^b   Bellini, William J ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERO CELL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 19144361965     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.1.32     Document Type: Article

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