Evaluation of a quantitative competitive PCR assay for measuring herpes simplex virus DNA content in genital tract secretions

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 548-552

  Hobson, Ann ^a   Wald, Anna ^a   Wright, Nancy ^a   Corey, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b M 115 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA CONTENT; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECTUM; UTERINE CERVIX; VIRUS DETECTION; VULVA;

HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0031044321     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.548-552.1997     Document Type: Article

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