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Measles outbreak in South Africa: epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed measles cases and assessment of intervention, 2009-2011 by Ntshoe, Genevie M, McAnerney, Johanna M, Archer, Brett N, Smit, Sheilagh B, Harris, Bernice N, Tempia, Stefano, Mashele, Mirriam, Singh, Beverley, Thomas, Juno, Cengimbo, Ayanda, Blumberg, Lucille H, Puren, Adrian, Moyes, Jocelyn, van den Heever, Johann, Schoub, Barry D, Cohen, Cheryl

“…Since 1995, measles vaccination at nine and 18 months has been routine in South Africa; however, coverage seldom reached >95%. We describe the epidemiology of…”
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Status of Global Virologic Surveillance for Rubella Viruses by Abernathy, Emily S., Hübschen, Judith M., Muller, Claude P., Jin, Li, Brown, David, Komase, Katsuhiro, Mori, Yoshio, Xu, Wenbo, Zhu, Zhen, Siqueira, Marilda M., Shulga, Sergey, Tikhonova, Nina, Pattamadilok, Sirima, Incomserb, Patcha, Smit, Sheilagh B., Akoua-Koffi, Chantal, Bwogi, Josephine, Lim, Wilina W. L., Woo, Gibson K. S., Triki, Hinda, Jee, Youngmee, Mulders, Mick N., de Filippis, Ana Maria Bispo, Ahmed, Hinda, Ramamurty, Nalini, Featherstone, David, Icenogle, Joseph P.

“…The suspected measles case definition captures rubella cases. Therefore, measles surveillance will be improved in the course of the control and eventual…”
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Studies of reservoir hosts for Marburg virus by Swanepoel, Robert, Smit, Sheilagh B, Rollin, Pierre E, Formenty, Pierre, Leman, Patricia A, Kemp, Alan, Burt, Felicity J, Grobbelaar, Antoinette A, Croft, Janice, Bausch, Daniel G, Zeller, Hervé, Leirs, Herwig, Braack, L E O, Libande, Modeste L, Zaki, Sherif, Nichol, Stuart T, Ksiazek, Thomas G, Paweska, Janusz T

“…To determine reservoir hosts for Marburg virus (MARV), we examined the fauna of a mine in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mine was…”
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Possible interruption of measles virus transmission, Uganda, 2006-2009 by Baliraine, Frederick N, Bwogi, Josephine, Bukenya, Henry, Seguya, Ronald, Kabaliisa, Theopista, Kisakye, Annet, Mbabazi, William B, Smit, Sheilagh B

“…To determine what measles virus genotype(s) circulated in Uganda after strategic interventions aimed at controlling/eliminating measles, we examined samples…”
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Measles virus strain diversity, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo by Kremer, Jacques R, Nkwembe, Edith, Bola Oyefolu, Akeeb O, Smit, Sheilagh B, Pukuta, Elisabeth, Omilabu, Sunday A, Adu, Festus D, Muyembe Tamfum, Jean Jacques, Muller, Claude P

“…We investigated the genetic diversity of measles virus (MV) in Nigeria (2004-2005) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (2002-2006). Genotype B3…”
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Genotyping of Measles Virus in Clinical Specimens on the Basis of Oligonucleotide Microarray Hybridization Patterns by Neverov, Alexander A, Riddell, Michaela A, Moss, William J, Volokhov, Dmitriy V, Rota, Paul A, Lowe, Luis E, Chibo, Doris, Smit, Sheilagh B, Griffin, Diane E, Chumakov, Konstantin M, Chizhikov, Vladimir E

“…An oligonucleotide microarray hybridization method for identification of most known measles virus (MV) genotypes was developed. Like the conventional…”
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Measles resurgence in southern Africa: Challenges to measles elimination by Shibeshi, Messeret E, Masresha, Balcha G, Smit, Sheilagh B, Biellik, Robin J, Nicholson, Jennifer L, Muitherero, Charles, Shivute, Nestor, Walker, Oladapo, Reggis, Katsande, Goodson, James L

“…Abstract Introduction In seven southern African countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe), following implementation…”
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Phylogenetic evidence of widespread distribution of genotype 3 JC virus in Africa and identification of a type 7 isolate in an African AIDS patient by Venter, Marietjie, Smit, Sheilagh B, Leman, Patricia, Swanepoel, Robert

“…Special Pathogen Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Private Bag X4, Sandringham 2131, South Africa Correspondence Marietjie Venter…”
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Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Associated with Multiple Genetic Lineages of Virus by Bausch, Daniel G, Nichol, Stuart T, Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean Jacques, Borchert, Matthias, Rollin, Pierre E, Sleurs, Hilde, Campbell, Patricia, Tshioko, Florimund K, Roth, Catherine, Colebunders, Robert, Pirard, Patricia, Mardel, Simon, Olinda, Loku A, Zeller, Hervé, Tshomba, Antoine, Kulidri, Amayo, Libande, Modeste L, Mulangu, Sabue, Formenty, Pierre, Grein, Thomas, Leirs, Herwig, Braack, Leo, Ksiazek, Tom, Zaki, Sherif, Bowen, Michael D, Smit, Sheilagh B, Leman, Patricia A, Burt, Felicity J, Kemp, Alan, Swanepoel, Robert

“…An outbreak of 154 cases of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1998 and 2000 had a case fatality rate of 83 percent…”
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Measles virus genotype B2 is not inactive: Evidence of continued circulation in Africa by Smit, Sheilagh B., Hardie, Diana, Tiemessen, Caroline T.

“…This study describes two measles outbreaks—one in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2002, and the other in Luanda, Angola in March 2003. The outbreaks were…”
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Genetic characterization and progression of B3 measles genotype in Ethiopia: a study of five measles outbreak cases by Lemma, Eshetu, Smit, Sheilagh B, Beyene, Berhane, Nigatu, Wondatir, Babaniyi, Olusegun A

“…One of the countries where measles remains endemic is Ethiopia. Previously, sequence data from Measles Viruses (MV) circulating in Ethiopia were obtained from…”
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Measles outbreak reveals measles susceptibility among adults in Namibia, 2009-2011 by Ogbuanu, I.U., De Wee, R.J., Caparos, L., Smit, S.B., Ogbuanu, I.U., Mhata, P., Allies, M., Goodson, J.L., Muroua, C., Chitala, K., Shilunga, P., Gerber, S., Kriss, J.L.

“…Background. The World Health Organization, African Region, set the goal of achieving measles elimination by 2020. Namibia was one of seven African countries to…”
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Status of Global Virologic Surveillance for Rubella Viruses: Global Progress Toward Measles Eradication and Prevention of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome by ABERNATHY, Emily S, HÜBSCHEN, Judith M, SHULGA, Sergey, TIKHONOVA, Nina, PATTAMADILOK, Sirima, INCOMSERB, Patcha, SMIT, Sheilagh B, AKOUA-KOFFI, Chantal, BWOGI, Josephine, LIM, Wilina W. L, WOO, Gibson K. S, TRIKI, Hinda, MULLER, Claude P, JEE, Youngmee, MULDERS, Mick N, BISPO DE FILIPPIS, Ana Maria, AHMED, Hinda, RAMAMURTY, Nalini, FEATHERSTONE, David, ICENOGLE, Joseph P, LI JIN, BROWN, David, KOMASE, Katsuhiro, MORI, Yoshio, WENBO XU, ZHEN ZHU, SIQUEIRA, Marilda M

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