Two-centre study comparing DNA preparation and PCR amplification protocols for herpes simplex virus detection in cerebrospinal fluids of patients with suspected herpes simplex encephalitis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-35

  Hirsch, H H ^a,c   Bossart, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Neurologic disorders; Neurotropic viruses

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE K; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEAT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0032890311     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199901)57:1<31::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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