Ex vivo protocol for testing virus survival on human skin: Experiments with herpesvirus 2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4252-4255

  Graham, Mary Louise ^a   Springthorpe, V Susan ^a   Sattar, Syed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 0029845160     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4252-4255.1996     Document Type: Article

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