title: Intratypic variations among Thai herpes simplex virus (HSV) isolates determined by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis.
abstract: Whole genomic polymorphisms for 20 HSV-1 and 20 HSV-2 isolates from Thai patients were analyzed by means of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) analysis using 4 restriction endonucleases: BamHI, Kpnl, HindIII, and EcoRI. Variations in cleavage sites among the HSV-1 and HSV-2 isolates were compared to the cleavage patterns of standard HSV-1 strain KOS and HSV-2 strain Baylor 186. Although 70% of HSV-1 isolates with BamHI digestion, 50% with Kpnl, 75% with HindIII and 70% with EcoRI digestion were found to be similar to the standard HSV-1 (KOS) pattern, new BamHI restriction sites were detected in some HSV-1 isolates. For HSV-2 isolates, 85% had the same pattern as the standard HSV-2 (Baylor 186) after digestion with BamHI, HindIII, and EcoRI. No difference was observed with Kpnl digestion. When the patterns from the 4 enzymes were combined, HSV-1 isolates showed more divergence than the HSV-2 isolates. HSV-1 isolates found in both non-genital and genital lesions had more variety than the HSV-2 isolates. This suggests that intratypic variations in HSV-2 are fewer than in HSV-1.
authors.affiliation: Inter-department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Graduate School, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Sutida
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Visaprom
authors.forename: Ariya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chindamporn
authors.forename: Wasun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chantratita
authors.forename: Parvapan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhattarakosol
mesh_terms: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral