Polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of varicella zoster virus central nervous system infections without skin manifestations

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 100, 1996, Pages 41-45

  Bergström, Tomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Department of Clinical Virology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029658071     PISSN: 03008878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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