Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the nucleoprotein (N) gene in measles viruses prevalent in Gunma, Japan, in 2007

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 402-404

  Morita, Yukio ^a   Suzuki, Tomoyuki ^a   Shiono, Masataka ^a   Shiobara, Masae ^a   Saitoh, Mika ^a   Tsukagoshi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshizumi, Masakazu ^a   Ishioka, Taisei ^a   Kato, Masahiko ^a   Kozawa, Kunihisa ^a   Tanaka Taya, Keiko ^b   Yasui, Yoshinori ^b   Noda, Masahiro ^b   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^b   Kimura, Hirokazu ^b  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 36549076504     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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