Open AccessVariability of Immediate-Early Gene 62 in German Varicella-Zoster Virus Wild-Type Strains
Author(s) -
Andreas Sauerbrei,
Kristin Bohn,
Roland Zell,
Peter Wutzler
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01550-09
Subject(s) - virology , varicella zoster virus , biology , virus , german , gene , viral disease , genotype , genetics , geography , archaeology
Varicella-zoster virus strains of European genotypes have developed a high variability of open reading frame (ORF) 62 during their occurrence over many years in Germany. M1 strains in Germany display a uniform ORF 62 pattern, suggesting that these strains were introduced from Africa and/or Asia via few sources during the last years.