Real-Time Nested Multiplex PCR for the Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 and Varicella zoster Virus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 557-560

  O'Neill, Hugh J ^a   Wyatt, Dorothy E ^a   Coyle, Peter V ^a   McCaughey, Conall ^a   Mitchell, Frederick ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herpes type specific; LightCycler; Melting temperature (Tm); SYBR green 1

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELTING POINT; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENPOX; DNA, VIRAL; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0142151259     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10516     Document Type: Article

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