Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 349-353 , December 2009

Genetic variation of varicella-zoster virus strains circulating in Mexico City

  • Araceli Rodríguez-Castillo

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Genoma de Patógenos, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding autor at: Departamento de Investigaciones Inmunológicas, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Carpio 470, Mexico City 11340, Mexico. Tel.: +52 55 5342 7563; fax: +52 55 5341 3264.
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  • Gilberto Vaughan

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Investigaciones Inmunológicas, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • José Ernesto Ramírez-González

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Genoma de Patógenos, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Elizabeth González-Durán

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Genoma de Patógenos, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • José Carmen Gudiño-Rosales

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Genoma de Patógenos, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Alejandro Escobar-Gutiérrez

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Investigaciones Inmunológicas, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico

Received 9 July 2009 ,Revised 1 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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PII: S1386-6532(09)00420-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.004

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 349-353 , December 2009

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