Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

New Measles Genotype, Uganda

Apollo Muwonge*, Miriam Nanyunja*†, Paul A. Rota‡

, Josephine Bwogi*, Luis Lowe‡, Stephanie L. Liffick‡, William J. Bellini‡, and Sempala Sylvester*

Author affiliations: *Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda; †World Health Organization, Kampala, Uganda; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Phylogenetic analysis of sequences of hemagglutinin genes of wildtype measles viruses isolated in Uganda during 2000–2002. The unrooted tree shows sequences from the Ugandan viruses compared with World Health Organization reference strains for each genotype. Genotype designation is in bold.

Figure 3. Phylogenetic analysis of sequences of hemagglutinin genes of wildtype measles viruses isolated in Uganda during 2000–2002. The unrooted tree shows sequences from the Ugandan viruses compared with World Health Organization reference strains for each genotype. Genotype designation is in bold.

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