Use of PCR for the diagnosis of herpesvirus infections of the central nervous system

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages 5-11

  DeBiasi, Roberta L ^a,b   Kleinschmidt DeMasters, B K ^b,c   Weinberg, Adriana ^a,c   Tyler, Kenneth L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytomegalovirus; Epstein Barr virus; Herpes simplex virus; Nervous system; Polymerase chain reaction; Varicella zoster virus; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; VIRUS DNA;

BRAIN BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS GENOME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0036082815     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6532(02)00028-8     Document Type: Review

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