Respiratory syncytial virus and chlamydia are not detectable by PCR in ongoing vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 253-257

  Koulikovska, Marina ^a   Van der Ploeg, Ingeborg ^a   Herrmann, Björn ^a   Montan, Per G ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Respiratory syncytial virus; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0035728991     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.9.4.253.3955     Document Type: Article

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