Measles in a Dutch hospital introduced by an immuno-compromised infant from Indonesia infected with a new virus genotype.
A fatal measles case in an immunocompromised Indonesian child was associated with nosocomial transmission to health care workers. The virus isolated proved to represent a new genotype within clade G.
de Swart
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RL
Wertheim-van Dillen
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PM
van Binnendijk
R S
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Muller
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CP
Frenkel
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J
Osterhaus
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D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host / Q000276:immunology; D007214:Indonesia / Q000208:ethnology; D008457:Measles / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D008459:Measles virus / Q000235:genetics*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology