The role of laboratory confirmations and molecular epidemiology in global eradication of measles
Okonko, I. O.1*, Ogun, A. A.2, Adedeji, A. O.3, Babalola, E. T.3, Udeze, A. O.4, Motayo, O. B.1,4,5, Adewale, O. G.6, Garba, K. N.1, Fowotade, A.7 Adekolurejo, O. A.8 and Mejeha, O. K.9
1Department of Virology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan,
Nigeria/World Health Organization Collaborative Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research, World Health
Organization Regional Reference Polio Laboratory, World Health Organization National Reference Centre for Influenza. National HIV Reference Laboratory.
2Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, College of
Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
3Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
4Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
5Molecular Biology Unit, National TB Lab, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
6Department of Biochemistry, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
7Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
8Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
9Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology (FUTO), Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
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