No acute varicella-zoster virus replication in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during postherpetic neuralgia

Acta Virologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 337-340

  Schunemann S ^a   Mainka, C ^a   Wolff, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

NASBA; PCR; Postherpetic neuralgia; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GANGLION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONOCYTE; NERVE CELL LESION; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CHICKENPOX; DNA, VIRAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; NEURALGIA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0343502973     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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