Implementation of a National Measles Elimination Program in Iran: Phylogenetic Analysis of Measles Virus Strains Isolated during 2010–2012 Outbreaks

Vahid Salimi; Simin Abbasi; Seyed Mohsen Zahraei; Ghazal Fatemi-Nasab; Fatemeh Adjaminezhad-Fard; Azadeh Shadab; Nastaran Ghavami; Raziyeh Zareh-Khoshchehre; Rambod Soltanshahi; Louis Bont; Talat Mokhtari-Azad

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094846

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Implementation of a National Measles Elimination Program in Iran: Phylogenetic Analysis of Measles Virus Strains Isolated during 2010–2012 Outbreaks

Vahid Salimi,

Affiliations Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Simin Abbasi,

Affiliation Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Seyed Mohsen Zahraei,

Affiliation Vaccine Preventable Diseases Department, Center for Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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Ghazal Fatemi-Nasab,

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Fatemeh Adjaminezhad-Fard,

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Azadeh Shadab,

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Nastaran Ghavami,

Affiliation Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Raziyeh Zareh-Khoshchehre,

Affiliation Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Rambod Soltanshahi,

Affiliation Vaccine Preventable Diseases Department, Center for Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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Louis Bont,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Department of Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Talat Mokhtari-Azad

* E-mail: mokhtari@sina.tums.ac.ir

Affiliations Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Implementation of a National Measles Elimination Program in Iran: Phylogenetic Analysis of Measles Virus Strains Isolated during 2010–2012 Outbreaks

Vahid Salimi,
Simin Abbasi,
Seyed Mohsen Zahraei,
Ghazal Fatemi-Nasab,
Fatemeh Adjaminezhad-Fard,
Azadeh Shadab,
Nastaran Ghavami,
Raziyeh Zareh-Khoshchehre,
Rambod Soltanshahi,
Louis Bont

Published: April 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094846

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