Publications

prevalence of varicella-zoster virus genotypes in australia characterized by high-resolution melt analysis and orf22 gene analyses.	dna sequence variation analysis has divided varicella-zoster virus (vzv; human herpesvirus 3) into distinct geographical clades: european, asian, african and japanese. these genotypes are becoming increasingly prevalent within regions atypical to their original source and there has been the suggestion of recombination between genotypes. seventy-eight clinical isolates from hospitalized patients with varicella were collected in new south wales, the northern territory, western australia and victor ...	2010	20466839
varicella-zoster virus in perth, western australia: seasonality and reactivation.	identification of the factors affecting reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (vzv) largely remains an open question. exposure to solar ultra violet (uv) radiation is speculated to facilitate reactivation. should the role of uv in reactivation be significant, vzv reactivation patterns would generally be expected to be synchronous with seasonal uv profiles in temperate climates.	2016	26963841