Implementation of a national measles elimination program in Iran: Phylogenetic analysis of measles virus strains isolated during 2010-2012 outbreaks.

Implementation of a national measles elimination program in Iran: Phylogenetic analysis of measles virus strains isolated during 2010-2012 outbreaks.

Measles virus (MV) causes small and large outbreaks in Iran. Molecular assays allow identifying and the sources of measles imported from neighboring countries. We carried out a phylogenetic analysis of measles virus circulating in Iran over the period 2010-2012. Specimens from suspected cases of mea...

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Main Authors: Vahid Salimi, Simin Abbasi, Seyed Mohsen Zahraei, Ghazal Fatemi-Nasab, Fatemeh Adjaminezhad-Fard, Azadeh Shadab, Nastaran Ghavami, Raziyeh Zareh-Khoshchehre, Rambod Soltanshahi, Louis Bont, Talat Mokhtari-Azad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988093?pdf=render

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