... MSV-Astrain) have apparently come into existence throughrecombination between two or more other strains [12]. Itwould be of great interest to determine whether suchinter-strain recombination ... 9Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South AfricaEmail: Arvind Varsani - arvind.varsani@canterbury.ac.nz; Aderito ... isolates of seven of the eleven described strains(MSV-A, -F, -H, -J, K, C and D) share evidence of ancestralinter-strain recombination events that involved exchanges of genome fragments >30% of...