Molecular analysis of varicella-zoster virus strains circulating in Tanzania demonstrating the presence of genotype M1

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3530-3533

  Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^a   Ölschläger, Stephan ^a   Günther, Stephan ^a   Jaeger, Gerold ^b   Bleymehl, Karoline ^c   Schäd, Susanne G ^d   Heckel, Gerald ^e   Ulrich, Rainer G ^f   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Ikonda Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENOTYPE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANZANIA;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 53649105417     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01057-08     Document Type: Article

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