title: DNA mapping of paired varicella-zoster virus isolates from patients with shingles.
abstract: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) was isolated from two separate sites in each of three patients with shingles (herpes zoster). The DNAs of the six VZV isolates were compared by high-resolution restriction endonuclease analysis with HindIII, KpnI, and HpaI. DNA cleavage patterns for each pair of VZV isolates were indistinguishable. These studies suggest that clinical shingles is the manifestation of a single VZV strain that becomes reactivated and causes both a viraemia and a dermatomal exanthem.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000382:microbiology*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes