Viral meningitis in a preadolescent child caused by reactivation of latent herpes simplex (type 1)

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 627-629

  Conway, James H ^a   Weinberg, Adriana ^a,b   Ashley, Rhoda L ^c   Amer, Jules ^a   Levin, Myron J ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex type specific antibody; Herpes simplex virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Reactivation; Viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0030969908     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199706000-00017     Document Type: Article

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