Measles virus genotype B2 is not inactive: Evidence of continued circulation in Africa

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 550-557

  Smit, Sheilagh B ^a   Hardie, Diana ^b   Tiemessen, Caroline T ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NICD   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Angola; Measles; Molecular epidemiology; Sequence analysis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINE;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 27744539808     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20491     Document Type: Article

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