Development of a high-throughput quantitative assay for detecting herpes simplex virus DNA in clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1941-1947

  Ryncarz, Alexander J ^a,e   Goddard, James ^a   Wald, Anna ^a   Huang, Meei Li ^a,b   Roizman, Bernard ^c   Corey, Lawrence ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Phase 1 Molecular Toxicology Inc ^*  (United States)

^e Phase 1 Molecular Toxicology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

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

EID: 0032905228     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1941-1947.1999     Document Type: Article

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