Discrimination of herpes simplex virus type 2 strains by nucleotide sequence variations.

ABSTRACT: We determined the polymorphous 400-bp regions in UL53, US1, and US4 for the discrimination of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) strains. Thirty-six HSV-2 clinical strains could be differentiated into 35 groups using these three regions and into 36 groups by additional analysis of three noncoding regions previously reported as polymorphous.

SUBMITTER: Kaneko H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2238078 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature