Global Distribution of Measles Genotypes and Measles Molecular Epidemiology

A. Rota, Paul; Brown, Kevin; Mankertz, Annette; Santibanez, Sabine; V. Shulga, Sergey; P. Muller, Claude; M. Hübschen, Judith; Mendonça Siqueira, Marilda; Beirnes, Jennifer; Ahmed, Hinda; Triki, Henda; Al-Busaidy, Suleiman; Dosseh, Annick; Byabamazima, Charles; Smit, Sheilagh; Akoua‐Koffi, Chantal; Bwogi, Josephine; Bukenya, Henry; Wairagkar, Niteen; Ramamurty, Nalini; Incomserb, Patcha; Pattamadilok, Sirima; Jee, Youngmee; Lim, Wilina; Xu, Wenbo; Komase, Katsuhiro; Takeda, Makoto; Tran, Thomas; Castillo‐Solórzano, Carlos; Chenoweth, Paul; Brown, David; N. Mulders, Mick; J. Bellini, William; Featherstone, David

doi:10.1093/infdis/jir118

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Global Distribution of Measles Genotypes and Measles Molecular Epidemiology

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Jun 11, 2011

Authors:

Paul A. Rota

Kevin Brown

Annette Mankertz

Abstract

A critical component of laboratory surveillance for measles is the genetic characterization of circulating wild-type viruses. The World Health Organization (WHO) Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network (LabNet), provides for standardized testing in 183 countries and supports genetic characterization ...

Subject

Measles

Measles virus

Rubella

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