Molecular epidemiology of measles virus in Italy during 2008

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-55

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

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotype; Infectious disease; Measles; Virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84875449627     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN-13-01-09     Document Type: Article

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