Varicella-zoster-virus genotypes in East London: A prospective study in patients with herpes zoster

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1014-1020

  Sengupta, Nitu ^a,b   Taha, Y ^a   Scott, F T ^a   Leedham Green, M E ^a   Quinlivan, M ^a   Breuer, J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35348876597     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521365     Document Type: Article

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