title: Molecular epidemiology and changing distribution of genotypes of measles virus field strains in Japan.
abstract: Based on phylogenetic and restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses of the hemagglutinin and nucleoprotein gene sequences, measles virus strains obtained in western Japan were divided into two types. Type 1 isolates have largely replaced type 2 isolates during the last 10 years in the area surveyed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hotta
mesh_terms: D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C032397:hemagglutinin protein G, measles virus; C058314:nucleoprotein, Measles virus