Article: Rubella epidemic strain, Greece, 1999.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

To the Editor: A recent extensive study on global distribution of rubella virus genotypes by Zheng et al. (1) showed that most of the isolates tested were rubella genotype I (RGI) and that subgenotypes within RGI were apparent. Of these subgenotypes, three were currently active, one in thee United States and Latin America, one in China represented by two specimens, and one international subgenotype that originated in Asia and spread to Europe and North America. More RGI subgenotypes, which have not yet been identified in specimen collections, may be currently active. In Zheng, et al. the distribution of rubella subgenotypes is shown; Greece is one of the four European ...

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