title: Novel measles virus genotype, East Timor and Australia.
abstract: Measles outbreaks in 1999 in Queensland and Victoria, Australia, were caused by a novel strain of clade G virus (proposed name g3). Epidemiologic and molecular evidence supports independent circulation of this virus in Queensland, northern Australia, in addition to importation of the virus by East Timor refugees seeking safe haven in Australia.
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization Regional Measles Reference Laboratory for the Western Pacific Region, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chibo
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riddell
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Catton
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Birch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D005814:Genes, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors