Measles in a Dutch hospital introduced by an immunocompromised infant from Indonesia infected with a new virus genotype

被引:52
作者
de Swart, RL [1 ]
Wertheim-Van Dillen, PME
van Binnendijk, RS
Muller, CP
Frenkel, J
Osterhaus, ADME
机构
[1] Erasmus Univ, Inst Virol, WHO, Global Reference Lab Measles, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
[2] Univ Amsterdam, Dept Med Microbiol Clin Virol, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Univ Amsterdam, Acad Med Ctr, Emma Childrens Hosp, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[4] Natl Inst Publ Hlth & Environm, Res Lab Infect Dis, NL-3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands
[5] Lab Natl Sante, WHO, Collaborating Ctr Measles, Dept Immunol, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04652-8
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
A fatal measles case in an immunocompromised Indonesian child was associated with nosocomial transmission to health care workers. The virus isolated proved to represent a new genotype within clade G.
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页码:201 / 202
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