High frequency of human herpesvirus 6 DNA in multiple sclerosis plaques isolated by laser microdissection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1377-1387

  Cermelli, Claudio ^a,d   Berti, Rossana ^a,b   Soldan, Samantha S ^a,c,g   Mayne, Michael ^a,e   D'Ambrosia, James M ^a   Ludwin, Samuel K ^a,f   Jacobson, Steven ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER MICROSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DISSECTION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038665165     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368166     Document Type: Article

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