Kansenshogaku Zasshi
Online ISSN : 1884-569X
Print ISSN : 0387-5911
ISSN-L : 0387-5911
Geographic Localization of Three Variants of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 in Japan
Shigeru OZAWA, Kamesaburo YOSHINO, Rinji KAWANA, Yoshio NUMAZAKI, Toshiyuki FUNABASHI, Takashi NAKAKITA, Yoshikatsu OZAKI, Seiichiro HATA, Tomoo ITAGAKI, Shunsaku KOBAYASHI, [in Japanese], Shigeru YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki EDA, Shizuko HARADA, Kazuo YANAGI
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Keywords: Herpes simplex virus type 1, DNA, Variants, Geographic Localization
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1989 Volume 63 Issue 8 Pages 822-826

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Abstract

We previously reported that a variant of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) designated variant type A was isolated at a much higher frequency in Western Japan than in Eastern Japan. We examined the localization of two other variant types designated B and C. The proportion of the type B and type C variants among 553 fresh HSV-1 isolates from 10 areas in Japan were 5.4% and 1.3%, respectively. The isolation frequency of type B variant in Eastern Japan was 8.3%. It was as high as 20.5% in Iwate area. The frequency in Western Japan was only 3.0%. Type C variant showed no specific geographic localization. These results were discussed in terms of characteristic mode of HSV infection and the history of the Japanese nation.

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