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Emerg Infect Dis
; 8(12): 1504-5, 2002 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12498673
RESUMO
In 1998, a varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein E (gE) mutant virus (VZV-MSP) was isolated from a child with chickenpox. VZV-MSP, representing a second VZV serotype, was considered a rarity. We isolated another VZV-MSP-like virus from an elderly man with herpes zoster. These gE mutant viruses may have arisen through independent mutation or may represent a distinct VZV subpopulation that emerged more than 50 years ago.