Table 1.
Measles cases tested at the Italian National Reference Laboratory (ISS) during the period 2002–2007, and related genotypes
| N of cases | Genotypes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Year |
Tested samples |
RT-PCR positive |
Sequenced |
A |
B3 |
C2 |
D4 |
D5 |
D7 |
D8 |
|
2002 |
38 |
23 |
23 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
21 |
- |
|
2003 |
19 |
7 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
|
2004 |
21 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2005 |
no data |
no data |
no data |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2006 |
127 |
93 |
76 |
- |
16 |
- |
60 |
- |
- |
- |
|
2007 |
209 |
72 |
69 |
- |
35 |
- |
29 |
4 |
- |
1 |
| TOT | 414 | 199 | 179 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 89 | 4 | 28 | 1 |