The prevalence of herpes family virus DNA in the conjunctiva of patients positive and negative for human immunodeficiency virus using the polymerase chain reaction

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 350-354

  Lee Wing, Matthew W ^a   Hodge, William G ^a   Diaz Mitoma, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0033506430     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90075-1     Document Type: Article

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