@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.021907-0, author = "Shi, Haijing and Liu, Longding and Ma, Shaohui and Chen, Junying and Che, Yanchun and Wang, Jingjing and Li, Qihan", title = "Molecular epidemiology of mumps virus strains circulating in south-west China from 2007 to 2009", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2011", volume = "60", number = "10", pages = "1496-1501", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.021907-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.021907-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The genetic characteristics of mumps virus (MuV) strains isolated from sporadic mumps cases between 2007 and 2009 in three provinces of south-west China were investigated. MuV detection was carried out by nested RT-PCR on 117 cases. The small hydrophobic gene of 33 isolated strains was identified, and sequence analysis revealed that all the isolates belonged to the lineage genotype F with slight nucleotide variation. Furthermore, the virus haemagglutinin–neuraminidase and nucleoprotein antigens exhibited a high degree of nucleotide and amino acid similarity (>99 %) within all isolates, whilst the fusion protein appeared to have certain geographical differences. This study on molecular surveillance will help to monitor the circulation of MuV in China.", }