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Proposed criteria for classification of new genotypes of mumps virus.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2002
Johansson Bo, Tecle Tesfaldet, Orvell Claes
Abstract excerpt
The nucleotide sequences of a 300 bp segment carrying the small hydrophobic (SH) protein gene of a large number of virus strains, belonging to 10 different mumps virus genotypes denoted A-J, were compared. When virus strains belonging to the same genotype were compared intra-genotypically, a variation in the range 2-4% was recorded. The level of inter-genotypical variation was higher (8-18%). A consistent finding...
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