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Analysis of human cytomegalovirus UL144 variability in low-passage clinical isolates in Japan.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2005
Murayama Tsugiya, Takegoshi Masataka, Tanuma Junichi, Eizuru Yoshito
Abstract excerpt
To explore a possible role for viral genes as determinants of virulence, portions of the UL144 tumor necrosis factor-like receptor gene and the UL55 envelope glycoprotein B gene from 42 patients with congenital human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection or other diseases were sequenced. Of the 42 patients, 16 (38%) had UL144 group 1 [group 1A, 15 of 16 (94%); group 1B, 1 of 16 (6%); group 1C, 0 of 16 (0%)], 5...
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