Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of Greek measles 2010 strains

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 432-438

  Melidou, A ^a   Gioula, G ^a   Pogka, V ^b   Exindari, M ^a   Moutoussi, A ^b   Sgouras, D ^b   Papadakos, K ^b   Chatzidimitriou, D ^a   Karabaxoglou, D ^c   Mentis, A ^b   Malisiovas, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; measles; molecular epidemiology; outbreak; phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856254719     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881100094X     Document Type: Article

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