Novel varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein E gene mutations associated with genotypes A and D

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 325-327

  Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^a,b   Bleymehl, Karoline ^a   Schäd, Susanne G ^c   Gross, Gerd ^c   Ulrich, Rainer G ^d   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 38149087347     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01735-07     Document Type: Article

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