Varicella Outbreak in an Indian Couple Living in Germany Caused by VZV Clade VI Acquired during a Trip to The Netherlands

Table 1

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in VZV strains of the novel provisional clade VI detected in two Indian patients with varicella in comparison to other VZV clades. ORF: open reading frame, ND: not done.

Clades/ Reference

ORF 1

ORF 21

ORF 22

ORF 50

ORF 54

ORF 60

strains

508

685

790

33725

37902

38019

38055

38081

38177

87841

95241

101464

1/Dumas

C

G

T

T

A

G

T

A

G

C

T

C

2/pOka

C

A

C

C

G

G

C

C

A

T

C

C

2/vOka

C

A

C

C

G

G

C

C

A

T

C

C

3/VZV11

C

G

T

C

A

G

T

A

G

T

T

C

4/VZV8

C

A

C

C

A

G

C

C

A

T

C

C

5/CA123

C

G

C

C

A

G

T

C

G

T

C

A

VI

T

T

G

C

A

G

T

C

A

T

T

C

VII

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

G

T

C

G

ND

C

ND

VIII

C

A

C

C

A

G

T

C

A

T

T

C

IX

C

G

C

C

A

G

C

A

G

T

C

C

Indian patients

T

T

G

C

A

G

T

C

A

T

T

C