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Comparison of the association with eczema herpeticum in the two predominant genotypes of herpes simplex virus type 1.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 1996
Umene K, Yoshida M, Sakaoka H
Abstract excerpt
Eczema herpeticum, sometimes called Kaposi's varicelliform eruption, is usually caused by a disseminated herpes simplex virus infection in a patient whose underlying skin disease in atopic dermatitis. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), a widespread infectious agent in human populations, is the etiologic agent of eczema herpeticum. Analyses of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of HSV-1 strains...
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