Detection of herpesvirus dna by nested polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid of human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons with neurologic disease: A prospective evaluation

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1087-1090

  Fox, Julie D ^a,b,c   Brink, Nicola S ^a,b   Zuckerman, Mark A ^a,b   Neild, Penny ^a,b   Gazzard, Brian G ^a,b   Tedder, Richard S ^a,b   Miller, Robert F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029127469     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.4.1087     Document Type: Article

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