Application of Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus DNA

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-408

  Biesiadecka, Agnieszka ^a   Litwińska, Bogumiła ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0031307228     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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