Complete Genome Sequence of a Wild-Type Measles Virus Isolated during the Spring 2013 Epidemic in Germany

Konstantin M J Sparrer; Stefan Krebs; Gundula Jäger; Sabine Santibanez; Annette Mankertz; Helmut Blum; Karl-Klaus Conzelmann

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00157-14

Complete Genome Sequence of a Wild-Type Measles Virus Isolated during the Spring 2013 Epidemic in Germany

Genome Announc. 2014 Apr 17;2(2):e00157-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00157-14.

Authors

Konstantin M J Sparrer¹, Stefan Krebs, Gundula Jäger, Sabine Santibanez, Annette Mankertz, Helmut Blum, Karl-Klaus Conzelmann

Affiliation

¹ Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.

Abstract

Measles virus induces an acute disease with rash and fever. Despite ongoing vaccination and elimination campaigns, the measles virus still sustains long-lasting transmission chains in Europe. Here we report the complete genome sequence of a wild-type measles virus isolated from a patient in Munich (MVi/Muenchen.DEU/19.13[D8]) during a German measles outbreak in 2013.