Hsv-1 and HSV-2 in herpes simplex encephalitis: A study of sixty-four cases in the United Kingdom

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-3

  Dennett, C ^a   Cleator, G M ^a   Klapper, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex encephelitis; HSV 1; HSV 2; Polymerase chain reaction; Restriction endonuclease analysis; Virus typing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 0030774660     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199709)53:1<1::AID-JMV1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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