A proposal for a common nomenclature for viral clades that form the species varicella-zoster virus: Summary of VZV Nomenclature Meeting 2008, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, 24-25 July 2008

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 821-828

  Breuer, Judith ^a   Grose, Charles ^b   Norberg, Peter ^c   Tipples, Graham ^d   Schmid, D Scott ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 77949507945     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.017814-0     Document Type: Review

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