Rare association of human herpesvirus 6 DNA with human papillomavirus DNA in cervical smears of women with normal and abnormal cytologies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1589-1591

  Romand, Nino ^a   Romano, Franco M ^b   Viviano, Enza ^a   Vitale, Francesco ^a   Villafrate, M Rosaria ^a   Perna, Anna M ^a   Bonura, Filippa ^a   Guttadauro, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Oncologico M Ascoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; WART VIRUS;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPES;

EID: 0030010651     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1589-1591.1996     Document Type: Article

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