文摘
To explore the impact of gene polymorphism of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) on virus virulence, the full-length UL144 gene and partial sequence of glycoprotein B (UL55) gene were sequenced and analyzed for 23 clinical strains of HCMV isolated from urine samples of pediatric patients with congenital or postnatal HCMV infection. Among the 23 isolates, 13 (57 %) were UL144 genotype 1A, 3(13 %) were UL144 genotypes 2 and 7(30 %) were UL144 genotype 3; geographic differences in genotype distribution were found for both UL144 and gB gene. No UL144 genotypes 1B and 1C were found in this study while these two genotypes were common in HCMV strains isolated in the US. Our results also demonstrated that for all clinical strains of gB genotypes I, III and UL144 genotypes 1A, 2, and 3 found in this study, mother-to-fetus vertical transmission was possible.