Neuroinvasion and persistence of human herpesvirus 6 inchildren

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1586-1589

  Caserta, Mary T ^a   Hall, Caroline Breese ^a   Schnabel, Kenneth ^a   Mc Intyre, Kim ^a   Long, Christine ^a   Costanzo, Maria ^a   Dewhurst, Stephen ^a   Insel, Richard ^a   Epstein, Leon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEVER; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 0028054036     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/170.6.1586     Document Type: Article

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