Suitability and clinical application of a multiplex nested PCR assay for the diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infections

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-81

  Cassinotti, P ^a   Mietz, H ^b   Siegl, G ^a  

^a Inst Clin Microbiol and Immunol   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Chain reaction; Encephalitis; HSV 1; HSV 2; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 0029960511     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199609)50:1<75::AID-JMV13>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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