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The in-gel endonuclease digestion method was introduced for the molecular epidemiology of molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV). We obtained clear electrophoretic patterns from 90.3% of single lesions. The distribution of MCV types in Western Japan was revealed to be different from that in other countries.
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Nakamura, J., Arao, Y., Yoshida, M. et al. Molecular epidemiological study of molluscum contagiosum virus in two urban areas of Western Japan by the in-gel endonuclease digestion method. Archives of Virology 125, 339–345 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309652
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