Genetic characterization of measles viruses isolated in Turkey during 2000 and 2001

Virology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Korukluoglu, Gulay ^a   Liffick, Stephanie ^b   Guris, Dalya ^c   Kobune, Fumio ^a,d   Rota, Paul A ^b   Bellini, William J ^b   Ceylan, Ali ^e   Ertem, Meliksah ^e  

^a Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

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

^c CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^d Biomedical Sciences Association   (Japan)

^e DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEASLES; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

MEASLES VIRUS;

NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 24744446416     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-2-58     Document Type: Article

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