Molecular epidemiology of measles virus in Italy during 2008

• Main Authors: Fabio Magurano (Author), Claudia Fortuna (Author), Melissa Baggieri (Author), Antonietta Filia (Author), Eleonora Benedetti (Author), Paola Bucci (Author), Antonella Marchi (Author), Loredana Nicoletti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION. In view of the goal of measles elimination, it is of great importance to assess the circulation of wild-type measles virus (MV). Genetic analysis is indispensable to understand the epidemiology of measles. A large measles outbreak occurred in Italy in 2008, with over 4000 cases reporte...