Rapid detection of herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus infections by real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1565-1568

  Weidmann, Manfred ^a   Meyer König, Ursula ^a   Hufert, Frank T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAQ POLYMERASE; TIME FACTORS;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0037386943     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1565-1568.2003     Document Type: Article

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