Cocirculation of genotypes D4 and D6 in Greece during the 2005 to 2006 measles epidemic

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-66

  Kokotas, Stavros N ^a   Bolanaki, Eugenia ^a   Sgouras, Dionyssios ^a   Pogka, Vasiliki ^a   Logotheti, Maria ^a   Kossivakis, Athanasios ^a   Horefti, Elina ^a   Papadakos, Kostantinos ^a   Mentis, Andreas ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiologic surveillance; Genotyping; Measles virus; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 49549123355     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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