Confirmation of low-titer, herpes simplex virus-positive specimen results by the enzyme-linked virus-inducible system (ELVIS) using PCR and repeat testing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3986-3989

  Patel, Navin ^a   Kauffmann, Lynn ^a   Baniewicz, Geri ^a   Forman, Michael ^b   Evans, Martin ^c,e   Scholl, David ^d  

^a SmithKline Beecham Laboratories   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c SmithKline Beecham Clin Lab   (United States)

^d Quidel Corporation   (United States)

^e QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0032702317     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.3986-3989.1999     Document Type: Article

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