Early diagnosis of primary human herpesvirus 6 infection in childhood: serology, polymerase chain reaction, and virus load

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 1250-1256

  Chiu, Susan S ^a   Cheung, C Y ^a   Tse, Catherine Y C ^a   Peiris, Malik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0031755699     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314432     Document Type: Article

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