Table 1.
VZV strains
| Clade | Strain designationa | Internal lab designation | Sampling place | Sampling date | Strain Origin | Patient information (gender, age [yr], immune statusc) | GenBank accession. no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VZVi/Erfurt.GER/12.00/Z[1] | 243/2000 | Erfurt | 23 Mar. 2000 | Zoster | m, 31 | JN704690 |
| 1 | VZVi/Jena.GER/28.04/Z[1] | 1256/2004 | Jena | 8 July 2004 | Zoster | f, 87 | JN704691 |
| 1 | VZVi/Jena.GER/14.05/V[1] | 551/2005 | Jena | 5 April 2005 | Varicella | m, 2 | JN704692 |
| 1 | VZVi/Weimar.GER/16.05/V[1] | 667/2005 | Weimar | 22 April 2005 | Varicella | f, 2 | JN704693 |
| 1 | VZVi/Weimar.GER/45.07/V[1] | 1883/2007 | Weimar | 7 Nov. 2007 | Varicella | f, 4 | JN704694 |
| 1 | VZVi/Jena.GER/06.08/Z[1] | 432/2008 | Jena | 7 Feb. 2008 | Zoster | m, 57 | JN704695 |
| 1 | VZVi/Berlin.GER/14.08/V[1] | 925/2008 | Berlin | 1 Apr. 2008 | Varicella | f, 5 | JN704696 |
| 2 | Not applicable | 1002/2008 | 9 Apr. 2008b | vOka (Varilrix) | JN704697 | ||
| 2 | Not applicable | 1003/2008 | 9 Apr. 20082 | pOka | JN704698 | ||
| 3 | VZVi/Jena.GER/47.03/V[3] | 2308/2003 | Jena | 22 Nov. 2003 | Varicella | f, 5, immunocompr. | JN704699 |
| 3 | VZVi/Erfurt.GER/01.05/V[3] | 3/2005 | Erfurt | 3 Jan. 2005 | Varicella | m, 3 | JN704700 |
| 3 | VZVi/Jena.GER/02.07/Z[3] | 52/2007 | Jena | 8 Jan. 2007 | Zoster | m, 18, immunocompr. | JN704701 |
| 3 | VZVi/Heidelberg.GER/10.07/V[3] | 405/2007 | Heidelberg | 8 Mar. 2007 | Varicella | m, 26 | JN704702 |
| 3 | VZVi/Munich.GER/30.07/Z[3] | 1219/2007 | Munich | 26 July 2007 | Zoster | f, 22, immunocompr. | JN704703 |
| 5 | VZVi/Erfurt.GER/20.00/V[5] | 413/2000 | Erfurt | 18 May 2000 | Varicella | m, 2 | JN704704 |
| 5 | VZVi/Erfurt.GER/19.04/V[5] | 875/2004 | Erfurt | 7 May 2004 | Varicella | m, 2 | JN704705 |
| 5 | VZVi/Weimar.GER/04.05/V[5] | 134/2005 | Weimar | 24 Jan. 2005 | Varicella | m, 4 | JN704706 |
| 5 | VZVi/Erfurt.GER/11.07/V[5] | 446/2007 | Erfurt | 15 Mar. 2007 | Varicella | m, 1 | JN704707 |
| 5 | VZVi/Erfurt.GER/44.07/V[5] | 1805/2007 | Erfurt | 30 Oct. 2007 | Varicella | f, 8 | JN704708 |
| VIII | VZVi/Jena.GER/37.05/V[VIII] | 1483/2005 | Jena | 17 Sept. 2005 | Varicella | m, 5 | JN704709 |
| IX | VZVi/Jena.GER/06.08(2)/V[IX] | 457/2008 | Jena | 8 Feb. 2008 | Varicella | f, 5 | JN704710 |