Possible Interruption of Measles Virus Transmission, Uganda, 2006–2009

Abstract

To determine what measles virus genotype(s) circulated in Uganda after strategic interventions aimed at controlling/eliminating measles, we examined samples obtained during 2006–2009 and found only genotype B3.1, which had not been previously detected. Kenya was the likely source, but other countries cannot be excluded.

Keywords

• viruses
• measles
• interruption
• genotype B3.1
• Uganda
• dispatch