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Genotype of varicella-zoster virus isolates in South Korea.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2011
Kim Kye-Hyung, Choi Young Ju, Song Kyoung-Ho, Park Wan Beom, Jeon Jae-Hyun, Park Sang-Won, Kim Hong Bin, Kim Nam Joong, Oh Myoung-Don
Abstract excerpt
Information about the genotype of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is useful to monitor outbreaks of vaccine strains. However, in South Korea, where varicella vaccine was introduced in 1988, there are limited data about the genotype of VZV. VZV was isolated from vesicular lesions of patients with herpes zoster or varicella in South Korea between January 2007 and June 2009. DNAs were purified from single-passage...
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