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Measles
Research from M. Nagai and colleagues has provided new data on measles
June 17th, 2009
"Different genotypes of C1, D3, D5, and H1 were isolated in outbreaks of 1984, 1987-1988, 1991-1993, and 2001, respectively, when the previous circulating genotype was replaced successively by a new genotype, through molecular studies of measles since 1984 in Japan. In March 2007, several patients with measles were observed in outpatient clinics, who were all young adolescents in high school and university students," scientists in Shirokane, Japan report. "The outbreak expanded subsequently throughout Japanese districts in May and is still ongoing in 2008. Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) was used to detect the measles genome from...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-06-17)
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