Molecular epidemiology of measles virus in Italy, 2002-2007

Virology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Magurano, Fabio ^a   Fortuna, Claudia ^a   Marchi, Antonella ^a   Benedetti, Eleonora ^a   Bucci, Paola ^a   Baggieri, Melissa ^a   Nicoletti, Loredana ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genotype; Measles outbreak; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA EXTRACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINE SAMPLING; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEASLES; PHYLOGENY; SALIVA; URINE; VIROLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84869880155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-9-284     Document Type: Review

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