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SUBMITTER: Li C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6726758 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Chongshan C Li Yunyi Y Yang Yuying Y Wang Jing J Zhu Caixia C Tang Suwen S Pang Cong C Tang Wei W Cai Qiliang Q Li Zhi Z Hu Jiayu J Cui Xiaoxian X Zhang Xi X Xu Songtao S Zhang Yan Y Yuan Zhengan Z Hu Yunwen Y Yuan Zhenghong Z
Scientific reports 20190904 1
Based on measles surveillance in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, from 2006 to 2015, we found that measles virus isolates from 40 throat swab samples exhibited atypical cytopathic effects in Vero/hSLAM cells, which was found to be a result of coinfection with measles virus (MeV) and human herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). Serological and molecular approaches were used to confirm and characterize the coinfections in these patients. Among the 40 measles cases, measles-specific IgM was dete ...[more]