Phylogenetic analysis of rubella viruses found in Morocco, Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa from 2001 to 2007

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-90

  Caidi, Hayat ^a,c   Abernathy, Emily S ^b   Benjouad, Aziz ^c   Smit, Sheilagh ^d   Bwogi, Josephine ^e   Nanyunja, Miriam ^f   El Aouad, Rajae ^a   Icenogle, Joseph ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

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

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^e UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genotype; Molecular characterization; Rubella virus; Sequences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEASLES; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOROCCO; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOROCCO; NASOPHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; URINE;

EID: 43049134853     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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