A 10-year molecular survey of herpes simplex virus type 1 in Germany demonstrates a stable and high prevalence of genotypes A and B

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-237

  Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^a   Bialonski, Alexandra ^a   Heinemann, Patrick ^a   Ulrich, Rainer G ^b   Günther, Stephan ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^c   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotype; Germany; Glycoprotein; Herpes simplex virus type 1; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449084572     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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