Genomic analysis of varicella-zoster virus: Primers for individual open reading frames

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-110

  Wagenaar, T R ^a   Grose, C ^a   Loparev, V N ^b   Schmid, D S ^b   Breuer, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Herpes zoster; Vaccinia virus

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0043092128     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(03)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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