TABLE 2.
Length of reiteration-specific amplicons of corneal HSV-1 isolates
Isolate or sample and patient no.a | Estimated amplicon length (bp)
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Region US10-US11 (ReVII) | Region US1 (ReIV) | Region US12 (ReIV) | |
Unrelated HSV-1 isolates | |||
1 | 215 | 270 | 370 |
2 | 215 | 280 | 220 |
3 | 215 | 280 | 270 |
4 | 215 | 290 | 280 |
5 | 215 | 295 | 230 |
6 | 215 | 305 | 300 |
7 | 220 | 210 | 310 |
8 | 220 | 220 | 220 |
9 | 220 | 220 | 220 |
10 | 220 | 260 | 260 |
11 | 220 | 260 | 290 |
12 | 220 | 260 | 290 |
13 | 220 | 280 | 260 |
14 | 220 | 280 | 260 |
15 | 220 | 290 | 260 |
16 | 220 | 290 | 280 |
17 | 220 | 305 | 230 |
18 | 220 | 305 | 310 |
19 | 220 | 370 | 370 |
20 | 220 | 380 | 300 |
21 | 220 | 380 | 390 |
22 | 220 | 410 | 220 |
23 | 220 | 410 | 460 |
24 | 220 | 420 | 300 |
25 | 220 | 420 | 420 |
26 | 225 | 260 | 270 |
27 | 225 | 260 | 280 |
28 | 225 | 290 | 260 |
29 | 225 | 290 | 270 |
30 | 225 | 295 | 220 |
31 | 225 | 295 | 290 |
32 | 225 | 320 | 220 |
33 | 225 | 320 | 320 |
34 | 225 | 320 | 380 |
35 | 225 | 340 | 220 |
36 | 225 | 340 | 340 |
37 | 225 | 370 | 370 |
Sequential samples | |||
1a | 215 | 280 | 270 |
1b | 215 | 280 | 270 |
2a | 215 | 280 | 220 |
2b | 215 | 280 | 220 |
3a | 215 | 295 | 230 |
3b | 215 | 295 | 230 |
4a | 215 | 305 | 300 |
4b | 215 | 305 | 300 |
5a | 225 | 220 | 220 |
5b | 225 | 220 | 220 |
Three pairs of patients (patients 8 and 9, patients 11 and 12, and patients 13 and 14) were infected with unrelated clinical isolates with identical DNA patterns.