Mochizuki K, Matsushita H, Hiramatsu Y, Yanagida K
Yanagida Eye Clinic, Shizuoka, Japan.
Jpn J Ophthalmol. 1998 May-Jun;42(3):208-12. doi: 10.1016/s0021-5155(98)00005-7.
Using polymerase chain reaction, we detected the varicella-zoster virus genome in the vitreous humor of two patients with clinically diagnosed acute retinal necrosis. One of the two cases was thought to be caused by infection with a varicella-zoster virus lacking a PstI cleavage site. We could not find any clinical differences between the two substrains. The presence of a PstI cleavage site on the varicella-zoster virus genome might not be associated with the occurrence of acute retinal necrosis.
