Novel intertypic recombinants of Epstein-Barr virus in the Chinese population

Authors
Midgley, RS Blake, NW Yao, QY Croom-Carter, D Cheung, ST Leung, SF Chan, ATC Johnson, PJ Huang, D Rickinson, AB Lee, SP
Citation
Rs. Midgley et al., Novel intertypic recombinants of Epstein-Barr virus in the Chinese population, J VIROLOGY, 74(3), 2000, pp. 1544-1548
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
ISSN journal
0022538X → ACNP
Volume
74
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1544 - 1548
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-538X(200002)74:3<1544:NIROEV>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Among 34 Epstein-Barr virus isolates from nonimmunocompromised Chinese dono rs, He identified three intertypic recombinants with type 1 sequences at th e EBNA2 locus and type 2 sequences at some or all of the EBNA3A, -3B, and - 3C loci. These appear to have arisen from independent, evolutionary recent recombination events; such events may be commoner in nonimmunocompromised p opulations than hitherto imagined.