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Populations of two eastern countries of Japan and Korea and with a related history share a predominant genotype of herpes simplex virus type 1.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1997
Umene K, Sakaoka H
Abstract excerpt
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), a common human pathogen of non-epidemic nature is linked closely to the individual by latent infection. HSV-1 genotypes usually differ with race. Based on a "dual structure model" for population history of the Japanese, modern Japanese populations are assumed to have derived from two major migration events. The Jomon people arrived in Japan > 10,000 years ago and the Yayoi...
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