Monitoring prevalence of varicella-zoster virus clades in Germany

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-107

  Sauerbrei, A ^a   Stefanski, J ^a   Philipps, A ^a   Krumbholz, A ^a   Zell, R ^a   Wutzler, P ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clades; Varicella; Varicella zoster virus; Zoster

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGED; CELL LINE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79955697426     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-010-0178-6     Document Type: Article

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