| Literature DB >> 18996045 |
M Quinlivan1, N Sengupta, J Breuer.
Abstract
We describe for the first time a case of varicella caused by co-infection with 2 genotypes of Varicella-zoster virus in a 19 month old child 3 days post-immunization with the varicella live vaccine. The presence of 2 different wild-type viruses in vesicular fluid was confirmed by amplification from single virus genomes and genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) known to distinguish the 5 different genotypes of VZV. The finding has important implications for recombination of wild type VZV.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18996045 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.09.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Virol ISSN: 1386-6532 Impact factor: 3.168