Identification of herpes simplex virus genital infection: Comparison of a multiplex PCR assay and traditional viral isolation techniques

Modern Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 152-156

  Marshall, D S ^a   Linfert, D R ^a   Draghi, A ^a   McCarter, Y S ^a   Tsongalis, G J ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Herpesvirus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SEROTYPING; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 0035085639     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880273     Document Type: Article

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