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DNA sequence variability in isolates recovered from patients with postvaccination rash or herpes zoster caused by Oka varicella vaccine.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Feb 2007
Loparev Vladimir N, Rubtcova Elena, Seward Jane F, Levin Myron J, Schmid D Scott
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the pathogenic potential of individual strains in the varicella vaccine. We analyzed genomic variation among specimens obtained from vaccine recipients with postvaccination rash or herpes zoster (HZ), focusing on polymorphisms between live attenuated varicella vaccine virus and wild-type varicella-zoster virus. Eleven of 18 postvaccination HZ specimens contained >1 strain, and 7 of 18...
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