Occurrence of measles genotype D8 during a 2014 outbreak in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
OBJECTIVE
An outbreak of measles symptoms occurring in children in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia in 2014 was investigated.


METHODS
Nasal swabs were collected from 23 children (median age 41 months) with fever and other symptoms of measles hospitalized in Ulin General Hospital and Islamic Hospital, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Viral RNA was extracted for cDNA synthesis, followed by PCR and sequencing using paramyxovirus family consensus and N-gene primers.


RESULTS
Sixteen measles-positive patients (70%) were identified. Fifteen virus strains belonged to genotype D8 and the remaining one strain was confirmed as belonging to genotype D9.


CONCLUSIONS
Measles virus genotype D8 was detected in an outbreak of measles in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, in 2014.
Ulin General Hospital, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia; Faculty of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Edi
E
Hartoyo
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ageng
A
Wiyatno
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia; Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ungke Anton
UA
Jaya
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Chairin Nisa
CN
Ma'roef
Metabiota, San Francisco, California, USA.
Corina
C
Monagin
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Khin Saw
KS
Myint
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia. Electronic address: safari@eijkman.go.id.
Dodi
D
Safari
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics
D012367:RNA, Viral
Genotype D8; Indonesia; Measles