Prevalence and genetic heterogeneity of SEN virus genotypes D and H in blood donors from Central and Western Europe and West Africa

Measles virus strains circulating in Cen

Measles virus strains circulating in Central and West Africa: Geographical distribution of two B3 genotypes

✍ D. Waku Kouomou; E. Nerrienet; J. Mfoupouendoun; G. Tene; H. Whittle; T.F. Wild 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 145 KB

## Abstract Africa remains one of the major reservoirs of measles infection. Molecular epidemiological studies have permitted different measles virus isolates to be grouped into clades and genotypes; the major group, which has been identified as indigenous to Africa, is clade B. The viruses from ep