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Novel approach to differentiate subclades of varicella-zoster virus genotypes E1 and E2 in Germany.
Virus research - 1 Nov 2009
Schmidt-Chanasit Jonas, Olschläger Stephan, Bialonski Alexandra, Heinemann Patrick, Bleymehl Karoline, Gross Gerd, Günther Stephan, Ulrich Rainer G, Doerr Hans Wilhelm
Abstract excerpt
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the causative agent of chicken pox (varicella) in children and reactivation of VZV in elderly or immunocompromised persons can cause shingles (zoster). A subclade differentiation of the most prevalent VZV genotypes E1 and E2 in Germany was not possible with the current genotyping methods in use, but is highly important to understand the VZV molecular evolution in more detail and...
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