Monitoring virus strain variation following infection with VZV: is there a need and what are the implications of introducing the Oka vaccine?

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Monitoring virus strain variation following infection with VZV: is there a need and what are the implications of introducing the Oka vaccine?

Communicable disease and public health - 1 Apr 2003

Breuer J

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Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a stable virus showing relatively little variation. Nevertheless, recent data have shown there to be at least four distinct viral strains. For the most part these are geographically segregated, but in areas of the world such as the UK, where mixed populations live, there is evidence for spread of all the genotypes. Little is known about the biological differences, if any, between...

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Biomarkers
Chickenpox
Chickenpox Vaccine
DNA, Viral
Genotype
Health Policy
Herpesvirus 3, Human
Humans
Immunization Programs
Population Surveillance
Public Health
Superinfection
United Kingdom

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PMID: 12736975

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