Sequence Analysis of the Leftward End of Simian Varicella Virus (EcoRI-I Fragment) Reveals the Presence of an 8-bp Repeat Flanking the Unique Long Segment and an 881-bp Open-Reading Frame That Is Absent in the Varicella Zoster Virus Genome

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