Evaluation of a new general primer pair for rapid detection and differentiation of HSV-1, HSV-2, and VZV by polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-282

  Baron, Jens Malte ^a   Rübben, Albert ^a,b   Gruendorf Conen, Elke Ingrid ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic variability; Temperature gradient SSCP; UL 15; UL 42

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029740912     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199608)49:4<279::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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