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Vaccine Oka varicella-zoster virus genotypes are monomorphic in single vesicles and polymorphic in respiratory tract secretions.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2006
Quinlivan Mark A, Gershon Anne A, Nichols Richard A, La Russa Philip, Steinberg Sharon P, Breuer Judy
Abstract excerpt
We previously found that, after immunization with vaccine Oka varicella-zoster virus, virus obtained from a single vesicle were monomorphic, and virus obtained from different individuals were heterogeneous. Here we show that virus obtained from the lungs of a patient were a mixture of vaccine Oka variants. We hypothesize that complications after immunization are unlikely to be caused by expansion of a single,...
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