Complete Genome Characterization of Two Wild-Type Measles Viruses from Vietnamese Infants during the 2014 Outbreak

Bas B Oude Munnink; My V T Phan; Paul Kellam; Matthew Cotten; VIZIONS Consortium

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00250-16

Complete Genome Characterization of Two Wild-Type Measles Viruses from Vietnamese Infants during the 2014 Outbreak

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 14;4(2):e00250-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00250-16.

Authors

Bas B Oude Munnink¹, My V T Phan¹, Paul Kellam², Matthew Cotten³; VIZIONS Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom.
² Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom Department of Infection, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
³ Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom mc13@sanger.ac.uk.

Abstract

A large measles virus outbreak occurred across Vietnam in 2014. We identified and obtained complete measles virus genomes in stool samples collected from two diarrheal pediatric patients in Dong Thap Province. These are the first complete genome sequences of circulating measles viruses in Vietnam during the 2014 measles outbreak.

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