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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, respectively. A base sequence identity of > or = 98.8% was determined after aligning 30 kb of the left- or right-end...
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