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Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of Varicella-zoster virus strains isolated from Korean patients.
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) - 1 Aug 2017
Kim Min Ho, Jeon Jeong Seon, Kim In Kyo, Park Ji Seon, Park Hosun, Shin Ok Sarah, Lee Chan Hee
Abstract excerpt
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a causative agent of chickenpox in primary infection and shingles after its reactivation from latency. Complete or almost-complete genomic DNA sequences for various VZV strains have been reported. Recently, clinical VZV strains were isolated from Korean patients whose genome was sequenced using high-throughput sequencing technology. In this study, we analyzed single nucleotide...
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