Persistence of human herpesvirus 6 according to site and variant: Possible greater neurotropism of variant A

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 132-137

  Hall, Caroline Breese ^a   Caserta, Mary T ^a   Schnabel, Kenneth C ^a   Long, Christine ^a   Epstein, Leon G ^a   Insel, Richard A ^a   Dewhurst, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROTROPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0031936970     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516280     Document Type: Article

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