Identical genotype B3 sequences from measles patients in 4 countries, 2005.
Surveillance of measles virus detected an epidemiologic link between a refugee from Kenya and a Dutch tourist in New Jersey, USA. Identical genotype B3 sequences from patients with contemporaneous cases in the United States, Canada, and Mexico in November and December 2005 indicate that Kenya was likely to have been the common source of virus.
Rota
Jennifer
J
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. jrota@cdc.gov
Lowe
Luis
L
Rota
Paul
P
Bellini
William
W
Redd
Susan
S
Dayan
Gustavo
G
van Binnendijk
Rob
R
Hahné
Susan
S
Tipples
Graham
G
Macey
Jeannette
J
Espinoza
Rita
R
Posey
Drew
D
Plummer
Andrew
A
Bateman
John
J
Gudiño
José
J
Cruz-Ramirez
Edith
E
Lopez-Martinez
Irma
I
Anaya-Lopez
Luis
L
Holy Akwar
Teneg
T
Giffin
Scott
S
Carrión
Verónica
V
de Filippis
Ana Maria Bispo
AM
Vicari
Andrea
A
Tan
Christina
C
Wolf
Bruce
B
Wytovich
Katherine
K
Borus
Peter
P
Mbugua
Francis
F
Chege
Paul
P
Kombich
Janeth
J
Akoua-Koffi
Chantal
C
Smit
Sheilagh
S
Bukenya
Henry
H
Bwogi
Josephine
J
Baliraine
Frederick Ndhoga
FN
Kremer
Jacques
J
Muller
Claude
C
Santibanez
Sabine
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D000293:Adolescent; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000821:virology*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000145:classification*; D013997:Time Factors