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Toward universal varicella-zoster virus (VZV) genotyping: diversity of VZV strains from France and Spain.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2007
Loparev Vladimir, Martro Elisa, Rubtcova Elena, Rodrigo Carlos, Piette Jean-Charles, Caumes Eric, Vernant Jean-Paul, Schmid D Scott, Fillet Anne-Marie
Abstract excerpt
Thirty-one isolates from France and Spain were genotyped using a published method analyzing DNA sequence variation in open reading frame (ORF) 22, together with an evaluation of three well-characterized single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in ORF 38, 54, and 62. Nineteen were allocated to the European (E) genotype, six were mosaic-1 (M1), and two were mosaic-2 (M2). Four strains were assigned to a new genotype,...
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