Measles in Italy: Co-circulation of B3 variants during 2014

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1081-1085

  Magurano, Fabio ^a   Baggieri, Melissa ^a   Bordi, Licia ^b   Lalle, Eleonora ^b   Chironna, Maria ^c   Lazzarotto, Tiziana ^d   Amendola, Antonella ^e   Baldanti, Fausto ^f   Ansaldi, Filippo ^g   Filia, Antonietta ^a   Declich, Silvia ^a   Iannazzo, Stefania ^h   Pompa, Maria Grazia ^h   Bucci, Paola ^a   Marchi, Antonella ^a   Nicoletti, Loredana ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endemic infection; Epidemiology; Evolution; Genetic variability; Measles virus; Virus classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MEASLES VIRUS GENOTYPE B3; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRAVEL; VIRUS STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; URINE; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; URINE;

EID: 84961990992     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24416     Document Type: Article

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