Detection of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) genome using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in clinical samplesComparison of PCR with standard laboratory methods for the detection of HSV

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-151

  Madhavan, H N ^a   Priya, K ^a   Anand, A R ^a   Lily Therese, K ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex virus; HSV encephalitis; HSV keratitis; HSV retinitis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SMEAR; STANDARD; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CORNEA; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EYE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GENOME, VIRAL; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; VERO CELLS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033213693     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(99)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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