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SUBMITTER: Vizoso Pinto MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2915977 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vizoso Pinto Maria G MG Pfrepper Klaus-Ingmar KI Janke Tobias T Noelting Christina C Sander Michaela M Lueking Angelika A Haas Juergen J Nitschko Hans H Jaeger Gundula G Baiker Armin A
Virology journal 20100720
<h4>Background</h4>Varicella-Zoster virus causes chickenpox upon primary infection and shingles after reactivation. Currently available serological tests to detect VZV-specific antibodies are exclusively based on antigens derived from VZV-infected cells.<h4>Results</h4>We present a systematic approach for the identification of novel, serologically reactive VZV antigens. Therefore, all VZV open reading frames were cloned into a bacterial expression vector and checked for small scale recombinant p ...[more]