Molecular characterisation of the emerging measles virus from Roraima state, Brazil, 2018.
Cátia Alexandra Ribeiro MenesesValdinete Alves do NascimentoVictor Costa de SouzaRodrigo Melo MaitoMarconi Aragão GomesClaudeth Rocha Santa Brígida CunhaIlma de Aguiar AntonyMaria Eliane Oliveira E SilvaDaniela Palha de Souza CamposAndré de Lima Guerra CoradoKarina Pinheiro PessoaDana Cristina da Silva MonteiroOsnei OkumotoMarília Coelho CunhaFlávia Caselli PachecoFelipe Gomes NavecaPublished in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2019)
Measles is a human infectious disease of global concern that is caused by the measles virus. In this study, we report the complete genome sequencing of one measles virus isolate, genotype D8, that was obtained directly from a urine sample in Boa Vista city, the capital of Roraima state in Brazil. Phylogenetic reconstruction grouped the genome described in this study with that of samples from Australia, South Korea, and Italy. To our knowledge, this is the first complete genome sequence of a wild-type measles virus reported from Latin America. Therefore, the present data strengthen the current knowledge on the molecular epidemiology of measles worldwide.