In situ hybridization detection of varicella zoster virus in paraffin-embedded skin biopsy samples

Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-76

  Annunziato, P ^a   Lungu, O ^a   Gershon, A ^a   Silvers, D N ^a   LaRussa, P ^a   Silverstein, S J ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

chickenpox; in situ hybridization; skin biopsy; varicella zoster virus; zoster

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

CHICKENPOX; DNA, VIRAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 0030295125     PISSN: 09280197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0197(96)00252-8     Document Type: Article

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