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Epidemiology
Measles virus genotype B2 still circulating in Africa
January 17th, 2006
Measles virus genotype B2 is still circulating in Africa. According to a recently published report from South Africa, "This study describes two measles outbreaks - one in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2002, and the other in Luanda, Angola in March 2003. The outbreaks were notable because they were caused by closely related genotype B2 viruses. "This genotype was first described in an outbreak in Libreville, Gabon in the 1980s and was labeled as inactive by the World Health Organization in 2003 because it had not been detected for over 15 years." "As the first three cases in the Cape Town outbreak were Angolan citizens who...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-01-17)
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