HIV-1 detection by nested PCR and viral culture in fresh or cryopreserved postmortem skin: Potential implications for skin handling and allografting

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 481-484

  Gala, Jean Luc ^a,e,f   Vandenbroucke, Anne Thérèse ^b   Vandercam, Bernard ^c   Pirnay, Jean Paul ^d   Delferrière, Nicole ^b   Burtonboy, Guy ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b AIDS Reference Laboratory

^c Div of General Internal Medicine

^d QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e Section MSW   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allograft; HIV 1; Polymerase chain reaction; Postmortem skin; Viral culture

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN GRAFT; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0030839299     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.6.481     Document Type: Article

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