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Monitoring prevalence of varicella-zoster virus clades in Germany.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 May 2011
Sauerbrei A, Stefanski J, Philipps A, Krumbholz A, Zell R, Wutzler P
Abstract excerpt
The global surveillance of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) clades is an important tool for investigation into viral evolution, host-virus interactions, role of immigration and travel for importation of viral strains as well as possible recombination events between wild- and vaccine-type VZV strains. In this prospective study, comprehensive data on the current distribution of VZV clades in Germany were collected. VZV...
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