Detection of Varicella-Zoster virus DNA in peripheral mononuclear cells from patients with Ramsay Hunt syndrome or zoster sine herpete

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 359-363

  Terada, Kihei ^a   Niizuma, Takahiro ^a   Kawano, Shoji ^a   Kataoka, Naoki ^a   Akisada, Takeshi ^a   Orita, Yozo ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Facial nerve palsy; Polymerase chain reaction; Ramsay Hunt syndrome; Varicella zoster virus; Zoster sine herpete

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0031771656     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199812)56:4<359::AID-JMV12>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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