Detection and typing of molluscum contagiosum virus in skin lesions by using a simple lysis method and polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 342-349

  Nuñez, Antonio ^a   Funes, Juan M ^a   Agromayor, Monica ^a   Moratilla, Marta ^a   Varas, Antonio Jesus ^a   Lopez Estebaranz, Jose L ^b   Esteban, Mariano ^a   Martin Gallardo, Antonia ^c,d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digestion; DNA sequencing; Endonuclease; MCV subtype; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS; POXVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0029844246     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199612)50:4<342::AID-JMV10>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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