Terminal region sequence variations in variola virus DNA.

doi:10.1006/viro.1996.0378

Article

Terminal region sequence variations in variola virus DNA.

Virology - 15 Jul 1996

Massung R F, Loparev V N, Knight J C, Totmenin A V, Chizhikov V E, Parsons J M, Safronov P F, Gutorov V V, Shchelkunov S N, Esposito J J

Abstract excerpt

Genome DNA terminal region sequences were determined for a Brazilian alastrim variola minor virus strain Garcia-1966 that was associated with an 0.8% case-fatality rate and African smallpox strains Congo-1970 and Somalia-1977 associated with variola major (9.6%) and minor (0.4%) mortality rates,...

Topics

Africa
Asia
Base Sequence
Brazil
DNA, Viral
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Open Reading Frames
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Variola virus
Viral Proteins

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