Molecular epidemiology of circulating measles virus in Ireland 2002-2007

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Carr, Michael J ^a   Conway, Aileen ^a   Waters, Allison ^a   Moran, Joanne ^a   Hassan, Jaythoon ^a   Hall, William W ^a   Connell, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Measles virus; Molecular epidemiology; Oral fluid; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES VACCINE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

MEASLES VIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRELAND; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 58149253235     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21365     Document Type: Article

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