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The Lancet

Volume 355, Issue 9199, 15 January 2000, Pages 201-202
The Lancet

Research Letters
Measles in a Dutch hospital introduced by an immunocompromised infant from Indonesia infected with a new virus genotype

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Summary

A fatal measles case in an immunocompromised Indonesian child was associated with nosocomial transmission to health care workers. The virus isolated proved to represent a new genotype within clade G.

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