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Viral forensic genomics reveals the relatedness of classic herpes simplex virus strains KOS, KOS63, and KOS79.
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Virology [Virology] 2016 May; Vol. 492, pp. 179-86. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Mar 21. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is a widespread global pathogen, of which the strain KOS is one of the most extensively studied. Previous sequence studies revealed that KOS does not cluster with other strains of North American geographic origin, but instead clustered with Asian strains. We sequenced a historical isolate of the original KOS strain, called KOS63, along with a separately isolated strain attributed to the same source individual, termed KOS79. Genomic analyses revealed that KOS63 closely resembled other recently sequenced isolates of KOS and was of Asian origin, but that KOS79 was a genetically unrelated strain that clustered in genetic distance analyses with HSV-1 strains of North American/European origin. These data suggest that the human source of KOS63 and KOS79 could have been infected with two genetically unrelated strains of disparate geographic origins. A PCR RFLP test was developed for rapid identification of these strains.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Asia
Cell Line
Europe
Fetus
Fibroblasts virology
Genetic Variation
Herpes Simplex virology
Herpesvirus 1, Human classification
Herpesvirus 1, Human isolation & purification
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Humans
North America
Phylogeography
DNA, Viral genetics
Forensic Genetics
Genome, Viral
Herpesvirus 1, Human genetics
Phylogeny
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1096-0341
- Volume :
- 492
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Virology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26950505
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2016.02.013