Simultaneous cocirculation of both European varicella-zoster virus genotypes (E1 and E2) in Mexico City

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1712-1715

  Rodríguez Castillo, Araceli ^a   Vaughan, Gilberto ^a   Ramírez González, José Ernesto ^a   Escobar Gutiérrez, Alejandro ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

COMORBIDITY; DNA PRIMERS; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 77951850257     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00112-10     Document Type: Article

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