Serum‐based measles‐specific IgM EIAs are the recommended laboratory assays for
diagnosis of acute measles infections and appear to be sufficient for measles control …

Genetic characterization of wild-type measles viruses provides a means to study the
transmission pathways of the virus and is an essential component of laboratory-based …

A critical component of laboratory surveillance for measles is the genetic characterization of
circulating wild-type viruses. The World Health Organization (WHO) Measles and Rubella …

Interest in peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) has been stimulated by recent changes in
its host and geographic distribution. For this study, biological specimens were collected from …

Measles virus (MV) is highly infectious, and has long been thought to enter the host by
infecting epithelial cells of the respiratory tract. However, epithelial cells do not express …

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) constitutes one of the major hurdles to the improvement of
small-ruminant production in countries where it is endemic, directly affecting the poor, the …

Molecular epidemiological investigation of measles outbreaks can document the interruption
of endemic measles transmission and is useful for establishing and clarifying …

Molecular characterization of measles viruses is an important component of measles
surveillance because these studies enhance our ability to identify the source and …

Antigenic drift and genetic variation are significantly constrained in measles virus (MeV).
Genetic stability of MeV is exceptionally high, both in the lab and in the field, and few regions …

The pattern of measles virus (MV) genotypes, in combination with epidemiologic
investigation, contributes to understanding measles transmission and helps distinguish …