Nested multiplex polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of cutaneous herpes simplex and herpes zoster infections and a comparison with electronmicroscopy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-56

  Jain, S ^a   Wyatt, D ^a   McCaughey, C ^a   O'Neill, H J ^a   Coyle, P V ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HSV; PCR; Skin; Type specific; VZV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0035215794     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9071(200101)63:1<52::AID-JMV1007>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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