Genetic Variation in Clinical Varicella-Zoster Virus Isolates Collected in Ireland between 2002 and 2003

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-136

  Carr, Michael J ^a   McCormack, Grace P ^b   Crowley, Brendan ^a,c  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Molecular epidemiology; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCAPE MUTANT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLYCOPROTEIN E GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS GENOTYPE A; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS GENOTYPE B; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS GENOTYPE C; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS GENOTYPE J1; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS MSP; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 1842560492     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20048     Document Type: Article

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