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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
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 Laboratory Network (LabNet), provides for standardized testing in 183 countries and supports genetic characterization of currently circulating strains of measles viruses. The goal of this report is to describe the lessons learned from nearly 20 years of virologic surveillance for measles, to describe the global databases for measles sequences, and to provide regional updates about measles genotypes detected by recent surveillance activities. Virologic surveillance for measles is now well established in all of the WHO regions, and most countries have conducted at least some baseline surveillance. The WHO Global Genotype Database contains >7000 genotype reports, and the Measles Nucleotide Surveillance (MeaNS) contains >4000 entries. This sequence information has proven to be extremely useful for tracking global transmission patterns and for documenting the interruption of transmission in some countries. The future challenges will be to develop quality control programs for molecular methods and to continue to expand virologic surveillance activities in all regions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1537-6613
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AhmedHindaH, pubmed-author:Akoua-KoffiChantalC, pubmed-author:Al-BusaidySuleimanS, pubmed-author:AscahKathyK, pubmed-author:BeirnesJenniferJ, pubmed-author:BelliniWilliam JWJ, pubmed-author:BrownDavidD, pubmed-author:BukenyaHenryH, pubmed-author:BwogiJosephineJ, pubmed-author:ByabamazimaCharlesC, pubmed-author:Castillo-SolorzanoCarlosC, pubmed-author:ChenowethPaulP, pubmed-author:DossehAnnickA, pubmed-author:FeatherstoneDavidD, pubmed-author:HübschenJudith MJM, pubmed-author:IncomserbPatchaP, pubmed-author:JeeYoungmeeY, pubmed-author:KomaseKatsuhiroK, pubmed-author:LimWilinaW, pubmed-author:MankertzAnnetteA, pubmed-author:MuldersMick NMN, pubmed-author:MullerClaude PCP, pubmed-author:PattamadilokSirimaS, pubmed-author:RamamurtyNaliniN, pubmed-author:RotaPaul APA, pubmed-author:SantibanezSabineS, pubmed-author:ShulgaSergeyS, pubmed-author:SiqueiraMarildaM, pubmed-author:SmitSheilaghS, pubmed-author:TakedaMakotoM, pubmed-author:TranThomasT, pubmed-author:TrikiHendaH, pubmed-author:WairagkarNiteenN, pubmed-author:XuWenboW
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
204 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S514-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Global distribution of measles genotypes and measles molecular epidemiology.
pubmed:affiliation
World Health Organization (WHO) Global Specialized Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. prota@cdc.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't