Molecular analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in viral diseases of the central nervous system

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-28

  Cinque, Paola ^a   Bossolasco, Simona ^a   Lundkvist, Åke ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Nucleic acid amplification; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BK VIRUS; BUNYAVIRUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COST; COST CONTROL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HENDRA VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; JC VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LASSA VIRUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS VIRUS; NEWBORN INFECTION; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; RUBELLA VIRUS; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; STORAGE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0037270684     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00173-7     Document Type: Review

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