Virological diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Sauerbrei, A ^a   Eichhorn, U ^a   Hottenrott, G ^a   Wutzler, P ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex encephalitis; Intrathecal antibodies; Polymerase chain reaction; Serum antibodies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034103182     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(00)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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