Presence of human herpesviruses 6, 7, and 8 DNA sequences in normal brain tissue

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 491-495

  Chan, Paul K S ^a   Ng, Ho Keung ^a   Hui, Mamie ^a   Ip, Margaret ^a   Cheung, Jo L K ^a   Cheng, Augustine F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Nervous system; Neuroinvasion; Neurotropism; PCR; Persistence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MALE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPISM; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032742099     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199912)59:4<491::AID-JMV11>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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