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. 1995 Dec;69(12):8151–8154. doi: 10.1128/jvi.69.12.8151-8154.1995

Configuration of latent varicella-zoster virus DNA.

P Clarke 1, T Beer 1, R Cohrs 1, D H Gilden 1
PMCID: PMC189772  PMID: 7494340

Abstract

The configuration of latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA was analyzed by PCR. Template DNA for both internal and terminal VZV primers was present in a 1:1 ratio in ganglionic DNA, compared with a 15:1 ratio in DNA extracted from VZV virions, indicating that the VZV genomic termini are adjacent in latently infected human ganglia.

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