title: Molecular epidemiology of varicella zoster virus.
abstract: Varicella zoster virus has highly conserved genome 125,000 base pairs. The different molecular genetic methods of analyzing VZV genome are discussed, as well as their results with regards to the virus phylogenesis, geographic distributions, possible recombination and virulence of different VZV strains.
authors.affiliation: Dpt. of Epidemiology, Faculty of Military Health Science, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. vbostik@pmfhk.cz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bostíková
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bostík
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chlíbek
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salavec
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smetana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Splino
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology