title: Herpes simplex virus genotyping: multiple optional PCR-based RFLP systems and a non-isotopic single-strand conformation polymorphism method.
abstract: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods for herpes simplex virus (HSV) types I/II genotyping are described. These methods are based on the single-stranded conformation properties of DNA molecules obtained by PCR (PCR-SSCP) and restriction fragment analysis of PCR products (PCR-RFLP). With the aim to analyse these two genotyping techniques, genomic DNA from the standard viral strains KOS and G, and also 79 normal cervical samples were studied for HSV I/II. Sequence analysis showed 19 different RFLP possible systems for HSV typing. Five systems were used in this study and all led to the expected fragments obtained by sequence analysis. PCR-SSCP showed distinct patterns for both viral types and had 100% of concordance with PCR-RFLP results. The prevalence of herpes simplex virus in the normal cervical samples were 21.5% (17 out of 79), the most frequent viral type was HSV-2, with a prevalence of 71% (12 out of 17). Both techniques appeared suitable for HSV I/II genotyping and are easy to perform in most clinical laboratories.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Centro de Investigaciones en Genética Básica y Aplicada (CIGEBA), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 60 y 118 s/n, B1900AVW, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. mabba777@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Martín C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Abba
authors.forename: Carlos D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Golijow
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral