Measurement of human herpesvirus 7 load in peripheral blood and saliva of healthy subjects by quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 396-401

  Kidd, I Michael ^a   Clark, Duncan A ^a   Ait Khaled, Mounir ^a   Griffiths, Paul D ^a   Emery, Vincent C ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0029973750     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.2.396     Document Type: Article

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