Comparison of Light-Cycler PCR, enzyme immunoassay, and tissue culture for detection of Herpes Simplex Virus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 107-110

  Koenig, M ^a   Reynolds, K S ^a   Aldous, W ^a   Hickman, M ^a  

^a LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; DNA POLYMERASE; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PRIMER DNA; SODIUM; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034910820     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00260-7     Document Type: Article

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