Whole-genome sequence of a varicella-zoster strain from an immunocompetent pediatric patient with severe herpes zoster
ABSTRACT We report the complete genome sequence of CGI, a strain of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) isolated from a 3-year-old immunocompetent patient with severe herpes zoster. The isolated strain exhibits an ORF62 genotype characteristic of vOka, in addition to a wild-type ORF0 gene and a novel methionine to valine substitution in ORF58.
Authors
- David C. Bloom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5935-8494)
- Alejandro Ortigas-Vásquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5233-9573)
- Moriah L. Szpara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-1678)
- Charles Grose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6884-6668)
- Mackenzie Shipley
- Braylen V. Washington
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (US)
- Department of Virology (FR)
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (US)
- Florida College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Resource Announcements
- Published
- 2026-05-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01123-25
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka