Lack of detection of influenza genes in archived formalin-fixed, paraffin wax-embedded brain samples of encephalitis lethargica patients from 1916 to 1920

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 442, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 591-596

  Lo, K C ^a   Geddes, J F ^a   Daniels, R S ^b   Oxford, J S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Encephalitis lethargica (EL); Gene; Influenza; Pandemic; PCR

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; FORMALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; PARAFFIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INOCULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0038346320     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-003-0795-1     Document Type: Article

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