Molecular epidemiology of rubella viruses involved in congenital rubella infections in São Paulo, Brazil, between 1996 and 2009

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2034-2041

  Curti, Suely Pires ^a   Figueiredo, Cristina Adelaide ^a   de Oliveira, Maria Isabel ^a   Andrade, Joelma Queiroz ^b   Zugaib, Marcelo ^b   Frugis Yu, Ana Lucia ^c   Oliveira, Danielle Bruna ^b   Durigon, Edison Luiz ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Vigilancia Epidemiologica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congenital rubella infection; Congenital rubella syndrome; Genotype; Isolation; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS;

CONGENITAL RUBELLA INFECTION; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION; RT-PCR;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883055663     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23675     Document Type: Article

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