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MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF A MEASLES VIRUS IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL: AN IMPORTED CASE
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | de Oliveira, Maria Isabel Figueiredo, Cristina Adelaide Afonso, Ana Maria Sardinha Siqueira, Marilda Mendonca Lemos, Xenia Rawena Medeiros Romeu Yu, Ana Lucia Frugis Curti, Suely Pires |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Brazil follows the recommendations of the World Health Organization concerning the use of several strategies of measles vaccination programs and has succeeded in reducing transmission of the wild-type viruses. Sao Paulo State follows the same pattern; however, there was circulation of an imported case of virus in 2001 and 2005, which was shown to belong to the D5 group and in 2011 to the D4 $group^{ 3}$ . In 2012 there were no reports of confirmed measles cases. |
| Related Links | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rimtsp/v55n4/0036-4665-rimtsp-55-04-292.pdf http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S0036-46652013000400292&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |
| Ending Page | 292 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Starting Page | 292 |
| e-ISSN | 16789946 |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0036-46652013000400014 |
| Journal | Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 55 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) |
| Publisher Date | 2013-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
