Measles genotypes D4 and G3 reintroduced by multiple foci after 15 years without measles virus circulation, Gipuzkoa, the Basque Country, Spain, March to June 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 43, 2011, Pages

  Cilla, G ^a,b   Montes, M ^a,b   Artieda, J ^c   Pineiro L ^a   Arriola, L ^c   Perez Trallero E ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SECONDARY INFECTION; SPAIN; SPRING; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 80455128272     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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