Hematogenously spread herpesviruses are detected as frequently as neuronally spread herpesviruses in cerebrospinal fluid by polymerase chain reaction assay

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 216-218

  Studahl, Marie ^a,b   Hagberg, Lars ^b   Rekabdar, Elham ^b   Bergström, Tomas ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032803250     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520167     Document Type: Article

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