Detection of cutaneous herpes simplex virus infections by immunofluorescence vs. PCR

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 430-433

  Bezold, Guntram ^a   Lange, M ^a   Gethoffer K ^a   Gall, H ^a   Peter, R U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive PCR; Internal controls; Microtrak sensitivity; Quality control

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0037592088     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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