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

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-62

  Hawrami, K ^a,b   Breuer, J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Oka; PCR; Typing; Vaccine; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TYPING;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DNA PRIMERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0030850594     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199709)53:1<60::AID-JMV10>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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