NEW VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS STRAINS AND VARICELLA AND HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE USING THESE STRAINS

摘要

FIELD: medicine.SUBSTANCE: invention refers to biotechnology and virology. What is described is a new varicella zoster virus (VZV) strain. Disclosed are genome DNA of the VZV strain MAV/06 recovered from a Korean patient, its open reading frame (ORF) and proteins coded by the genome DNA of the VZV strain MAV/06 and related ORF. What is also described is a vaccine composition, which contains the above protein as an active component. The presented group of inventions is applicable in medicine.EFFECT: what is described is the new varicella zoster virus strain.11 cl, 10 dwg, 3 tbl, 2 ex