Abstract:Measles is a highly prevalent infectious disease in Indonesia, and these large number of cases need to be confirmed in a laboratory so that precautions can be taken quickly and accurately. This study used urine specimens for laboratory confirmation of measles using viral culture and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Viral culture was performed using vero cells/hSLAM and its cytopathic effect was quantified, and RT-PCR was used to amplify the N gene fragment using measles virus forward p… Show more
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