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Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein G (gG) and gI genotypes in patients with herpetic keratitis.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Sept 2008
Duan R, van Dun J M, Remeijer L, Siemerink M, Mulder P G H, Norberg P, Osterhaus A D M E, Verjans G M G M
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Recent phylogenetic analyses on the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) genes US4, encoding glycoprotein G (gG) and US7, encoding gI, of clinical HSV-1 isolates have led to the classification of HSV-1 into three genotypes, arbitrarily designated as A, B and C. The prevalence of the HSV-1 gG and gI genotypes and their potential disease association was determined in a large cohort of patients with herpetic...
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