Rapid contamination of the environments with varicella-zoster virus DNA from a patient with herpes zoster

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-66

  Yoshikawa, Tetsushi ^a,b   Ihira, Masaru ^a   Suzuki, Kyoko ^a   Suga, Sadao ^a   Tomitaka, Akiko ^a   Ueda, Hiroshi ^a   Asano, Yoshizo ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contamination with VZV; Excretion of VZV DNA; Herpes zoster; Polymerase chain reaction; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

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

EID: 0035217757     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9071(200101)63:1<64::AID-JMV1009>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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2. Factors influencing quantitative isolation of varicella-zoster virus
3. Modification of chicken pox in family contacts by administration of gamma globulin
4. Detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA in air samples from hospital rooms