Application of long PCR method to identification of variations in nucleotide sequences among varicella-zoster virus isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2869-2874

  Takayama, Michiko ^a   Takayama, Naohide ^b   Inoue, Naoki ^a,c   Kameoka, Yosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; HERPES ZOSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0029977925     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.2869-2874.1996     Document Type: Article

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