Greek measles epidemic strain, 2005-2006

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 570-573

  Gioula, G ^a   Papa, A ^a   Exindari, M ^a   Melidou, A ^a   Chatzidimitriou, D ^a   Karabaxoglou, D ^b   Antoniadis, A ^a   Kyriazopoulou, V ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 34247510175     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007308     Document Type: Article

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