Detection of human herpesvirus 8 DNA sequences in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of children

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Kikuta, Hideaki ^a   Itakura, Osamu ^a   Ariga, Tadashi ^a   Kobayashi, Kunihiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV 8); Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0030826171     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199709)53:1<81::aid-jmv14>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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