Molecular genotyping of measles virus strains in Perú, 2018

Authors

  • Fredy J. Condori-Yujra Biólogo Microbiólogo, Especialista en Genética y Biología Molecular, Laboratorio Nacional de Sarampión y Rubeola, Centro de Nacional de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
  • Víctor Jimenez-Vasquez Especialista en Genética y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Escuela de Posgrado, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Giancarlo W. Enríquez-Alva Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Escuela Profesional de Biología, Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal, Lima, Perú
  • Sara M. Gordillo-Vilchez Biólogo Microbiólogo, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Escuela de Posgrado, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Néstor E. Cabezudo-Pillpe Biólogo Microbiólogo, Epidemiólogo, Laboratorio Nacional de Sarampión y Rubeola, Centro de Nacional de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v79i1.14599

Abstract

Mr. Editor, in the year 2017, four countries of the Americas region reported confirmed cases of measles, namely: Argentina (3 cases), Canada (45 cases), the United States of America (120 cases) and the Republic Bolivariana de Venezuela (727 cases). In the first months of 2018, the following 9 countries have reported confirmed cases: Antigua and Barbuda (1 case), Brazil (14 cases), Canada (4 cases), Colombia (1), United States of America (13 cases), Guatemala (1 case), Mexico (4 cases), Peru (2 cases) and Venezuela (159 cases) (1).

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2018-06-07

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Vol. 79 No. 1 (2018)

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Condori-Yujra FJ, Jimenez-Vasquez V, Enríquez-Alva GW, Gordillo-Vilchez SM, Cabezudo-Pillpe NE. Molecular genotyping of measles virus strains in Perú, 2018. An Fac med [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 7 [cited 2024 Jul. 7];79(1):94-5. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/14599