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Molecular basis for a geographic variation of varicella-zoster virus recognized by a peptide antibody.
Neurology - 1 Dec 1995
Kinchington P R, Turse S E
Abstract excerpt
A live attenuated varicella vaccine, derived from a Japanese isolate, is currently being widely used to modulate disease caused by varicella-zoster virus. Differentiation of the vaccine from wild-type isolates has been and will continue to be critical in the assessment of the vaccine in the United States. This has largely relied upon identification of characteristic DNA polymorphisms in the vaccine strain in the...
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