Interruption of the circulation of an indigenous measles genotype and the introduction of other genotypes after a mass vaccination campaign in the Philippines

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1424-1427

  Fuji, Naoko ^a   Suzuki, Akira ^a,b   Saito, Mariko ^b   Centeno, Rex ^c   Galang, Hazel ^c   Lupisan, Socorro ^c   Olveda, Remigio ^c   Oshitan, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Reemerging Infectious Diseases   (Philippines)

^c Department of Health   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Measles; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILIPPINES; VIRUS GENE;

GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MASS VACCINATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 79959238578     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22103     Document Type: Article

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