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Chickenpox
Researchers' work from Columbia University focuses on chickenpox
June 16th, 2009
"Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is genetically stable; and various schemes for the genotyping of VZV based on restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs), PCR, and sequencing have been developed. At least three major genotypes have been recognized among VZV isolates or clinical samples from different locations around the world; however, few data were available for viral isolates from China," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology report. "In the current study, a collection of 19 VZV isolates from patients with zoster or varicella in the middle eastern region of China was examined for genetic variations. RFLP analysis of DNA fragments of...
Source: Virus Weekly (2009-06-16)
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