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Contrasting geographic distribution profiles of the herpes simplex virus type 1 BgOL and BgKL variants in Japan suggest dispersion and replacement.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
Eda Hiroyuki, Ozawa Shigeru, Yoshino Kamesaburo, Yanagi Kazuo
Abstract excerpt
Thelifelong latent infection-reactivation mode of infection of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) transmitted by close contact has allowed a diversity of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) variations to accumulate in human populations. Whether and how the variants of the HSV-1 that is ubiquitous worldwide spread to different human populations is not clear. In our previous study the geographically...
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