Appearance of a novel measles G3 strain in multiple European countries within a two month period, 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Brown, K E ^a   Mulders, M N ^a   Freymuth, F ^b   Santibanez, S ^c   Mosquera, M M ^d   Cordey, S ^e   Beirnes, J ^f   Shulga, S ^a   Myers, R ^a   Featherstone, D ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; IMPORT DISEASE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; RUBELLA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955943302     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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