title: Variability of immediate-early gene 62 in german varicella-zoster virus wild-type strains.
abstract: Varicella-zoster virus strains of European genotypes have developed a high variability of open reading frame (ORF) 62 during their occurrence over many years in Germany. M1 strains in Germany display a uniform ORF 62 pattern, suggesting that these strains were introduced from Africa and/or Asia via few sources during the last years.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Virology and Antiviral Therapy, Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Hans-Knoell-Strasse 2, 07745 Jena, Germany. andreas.sauerbrei@med.uni-jena.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sauerbrei
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bohn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zell
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wutzler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005858:Germany; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000821:virology*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; C074221:IE62 protein, Human herpesvirus 3; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins