Analysis of United Kingdom wild-type strains of varicella-zoster virus: differentiation from the Oka vaccine strain.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199709)53:1<60::aid-jmv10>3.0.co;2-0

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Analysis of United Kingdom wild-type strains of varicella-zoster virus: differentiation from the Oka vaccine strain.

Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 1997

Hawrami K, Breuer J

Abstract excerpt

In Japan and the United States, where vaccination against varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection with the live attenuated Oka strain of varicella is routine, cases of chickenpox or shingles occurring in vaccinees can be caused by either wild-type or vaccine virus. Differentiating such cases is im...

Topics

Base Sequence
Chickenpox
Chickenpox Vaccine
DNA Primers
Female
Genotype
Herpes Zoster
Herpesvirus 3, Human
Humans
Japan
Molecular Epidemiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pregnancy
United Kingdom
United States

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