Identical Genotype B3 Sequences from Measles Patients in 4 Countries, 2005
Open Access
- 1 November 2006
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 12 (11) , 1779-1781
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1211.060635
Abstract
Surveillance of measles virus detected an epidemiologic link between a refugee from Kenya and a Dutch tourist in New Jersey, USA. Identical genotype B3 sequences from patients with contemporaneous cases in the United States, Canada, and Mexico in November and December 2005 indicate that Kenya was likely to have been the common source of virus.Keywords
This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- Implications of a 2005 Measles Outbreak in Indiana for Sustained Elimination of Measles in the United StatesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2006
- Cocirculation of measles virus genotype B2 and B3.1 in Central African Republic during the 2000 measles epidemicJournal of Medical Virology, 2006
- Review of the temporal and geographical distribution of measles virus genotypes in the prevaccine and postvaccine erasVirology Journal, 2005
- New genotype of measles virus and update on global distribution of measles genotypes.2005
- Identification of measles virus genotypes from recent outbreaks in countries from the Eastern Mediterranean RegionJournal of Clinical Virology, 2005
- Molecular epidemiology of measles virus in KenyaJournal of Medical Virology, 2003
- Measles virus strains circulating in Central and West Africa: Geographical distribution of two B3 genotypesJournal of Medical Virology, 2002
- Genetic Homogeneity of Measles Viruses Associated with a Measles Outbreak, São Paulo, Brazil, 1997Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
- Genetic characterization of wild-type measles viruses circulating in suburban Khartoum, 1997–2000Journal of General Virology, 2002
- Molecular epidemiology of Nigerian and Ghanaian measles virus isolates reveals a genotype circulating widely in western and central Africa.Journal of General Virology, 1999