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A 10-year molecular survey of herpes simplex virus type 1 in Germany demonstrates a stable and high prevalence of genotypes A and B.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Mar 2009
Schmidt-Chanasit Jonas, Bialonski Alexandra, Heinemann Patrick, Ulrich Rainer G, Günther Stephan, Rabenau Holger F, Doerr Hans Wilhelm
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently three different herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) genotypes (A, B and C) were described on DNA sequence data of the glycoprotein E (gE), G (gG) and I (gI) genes. OBJECTIVE: To type the circulating HSV-1 wild-type strains in Germany and to monitor potential changes in the molecular epidemiology over the past 10 years. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 569 clinical HSV-1 isolates from a 10-year survey...
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