Review of the temporal and geographical distribution of measles virus genotypes in the prevaccine and postvaccine eras

Riddell, Michaela A; Rota, Jennifer S; Rota, Paul A

doi:10.1186/1743-422X-2-87

Virology Journal

Table 1 Distribution of MV genotypes by WHO geographical region 1950s – 2004. Countries in which MV virus has been detected. No distinction has been made between endemic transmission or instances of MV importation. (data reflects publications available as of August 2005). Refer to Additional file 1 for details of endemic transmission and imported measles cases and for complete referencing of data.

From: Review of the temporal and geographical distribution of measles virus genotypes in the prevaccine and postvaccine eras

Geno-type	AFRO¹	EMRO²	SEARO³	WPRO⁴	Europe⁵	Americas⁶
A				China, Japan	Romania, UK Finland, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia	Brazil, USA, Argentina,
B1	Cameroon
B2	Gabon South Africa, Angola
B3	Gambia, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Algeria, Cameroon, Rep. of Congo, Dem. Rep. of Congo Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea	Sudan, Tunisia, Libya			France, Spain Germany, UK,	USA
C1				Japan	Nth Ireland, Spain, Germany	USA, Canada, Argentina
C2	Zimbabwe	Morocco		Australia	Austria, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, Germany, UK, Luxembourg, Denmark,	USA, Brazil, Canada,
D1				Australia	UK, Nth Ireland
D2	South Africa, Zambia				Ireland, UK, Spain	USA
D3	South Africa			Micronesia, Philippines, PNG, Japan, Australia, Taiwan	UK, Denmark	USA, Canada
D4	South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Ethiopia	Pakistan, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran	India, Nepal	Japan, Australia	UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Croatia, Russia,	USA, Canada
D5	Namibia		Thailand, Bangladesh	Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, Australia, New Zealand, Cambodia, Guam, Rep. of Korea	UK, Germany	South America, USA, Canada, Brazil
D6					UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Luxembourg, Bosnia, Israel, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands	USA, Canada, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Dominican Republic \Haiti
D7			Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), India	Australia	UK, Germany, Sweden, Europe, France, Spain, Italy	El Salvador, USA, Canada, Mexico
D8	Ethiopia	Pakistan, Oman,	India, Bangladesh, Nepal	Australia	UK, Spain, Yugoslavia, Albania, Italy, Lithuania	USA, Canada
D9			Indonesia	Australia, Japan	Europe	Venezuela, Colombia
D10	Uganda
E					Germany, Denmark	USA, Canada
F					Spain
G1						USA
G2	South Africa		Indonesia	Australia, Malaysia	Netherlands, UK, Germany	Mexico, USA
G3			E. Timor, Indonesia	Australia
H1			Thailand	Australia, China, New Zealand, Mongolia, Singapore, Japan, Rep. of Korea, Rep. of Marshall Islands	UK, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany	USA, Canada, Chile, Mexico
H2				China, Vietnam, Australia		USA

¹AFRO – WHO African region, ²EMRO – WHO Eastern Mediterranean region, ³SEARO – WHO South East Asian region, ⁴WPRO – WHO Western Pacific region, ⁵Europe – WHO European region, ⁶Americas – WHO region of the Americas

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