| genomic characterization of wild-type measles viruses that circulated in different states in brazil during the 1997 measles epidemic. | despite the marked reduction in the incidence of measles in brazil, a measles epidemic occurred in this country in 1997. the measles cases observed during this epidemic began to reappear in large numbers in são paulo, and spread to rio de janeiro and other brazilian states. in the present study molecular biology techniques were used for the detection and genomic characterization of measles viruses from clinical samples such as urine and nasopharyngeal secretions collected in the states of rio de ... | 2001 | 11241461 |