The first outbreak of measles virus caused by imported genotype D8 in Jiangsu province of China

Here we reported the outbreak of measles cases caused by the genotype D8 measles virus for the first time in Jiangsu province in China, which was possibly imported by a foreign student from Laos. Throat swab specimens were collected, and used to isolate virus. 634-bp fragment of the N gene and 1854-...

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Main Authors: Xiuying Deng, Ying Hu, Peishan Lu, Ming-hao Zhou, Hongxiong Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867018310109