Laboratory diagnosis to differentiate smallpox, vaccinia, and other vesicular/pustular illnesses

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-251

  Besser, John M ^a,b   Crouch, Norman A ^a   Sullivan, Maureen ^a  

^a Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENTEROVIRUS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MONKEYPOX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCABIES; SMALLPOX; VACCINIA;

EID: 0344549577     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(03)00146-X     Document Type: Review

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