Rapid diagnosis of smallpox infection and differentiation from its mimics

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-107

  Nuovo, Gerard J ^a   Plaza, Jose Antonio ^b   Magro, Cynthia ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Herpes simplex; In situ hybridization; Smallpox; Varicellazoster

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHICKENPOX; CHROMATIN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALLPOX; SQUAMOUS CELL; SYMPTOM; TISSUE FIXATION;

BIOTERRORISM; CHICKENPOX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SMALLPOX;

EID: 0038102364     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-200306000-00006     Document Type: Article

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