Amplification of the six major human herpesviruses from cerebrospinal fluid by a single PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 950-953

  Minjolle, Sophie ^a   Michelet, C ^a   Jusselin, I ^a   Joannes, M ^b   Cartier, F ^a   Colimon, R ^a,c  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Laboratoire Argene Biosoft   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 0032993270     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.950-953.1999     Document Type: Article

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