Serological and molecular epidemiology of measles virus outbreaks reported in Ethiopia during 2000-2004

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1648-1655

  Nigatu, W ^a,b   Nokes, D J ^b,e   Afework, A ^a   Brown, D W G ^c   Cutts, F T ^d   Jin, L ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Measles outbreaks; Serological and molecular investigation

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 33750538415     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20750     Document Type: Article

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