The quantity of latent viral DNA correlates with the relative rates at which herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 cause recurrent genital herpes outbreaks

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2760-2764

  Lekstrom Himes, Julie A ^a   Pesnicak, Lesley ^a   Straus, Stephen E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031947857     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.4.2760-2764.1998     Document Type: Article

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