Evidence of latent varicella-zoster virus in rat dorsal root ganglia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Annunziato, P ^a,b   LaRussa, P ^a   Lee, P ^a   Steinberg, S ^a   Lungu, O ^a   Gershon, A A ^a   Silverstein, S ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031788939     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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