Polymerase Chain Reaction for Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) DNA on Mucosal Surfaces: Comparison with HSV Isolation in Cell Culture

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1345-1351

  Wald, Anna ^a,b   Huang, Meei Li ^a   Carrell, David ^a   Selke, Stacy ^a   Corey, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEATHER; WINTER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0242721032     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379043     Document Type: Article

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