Comparison of nested PCR and real time PCR of Herpesvirus infections of central nervous system in HIV patients

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Drago, Lorenzo ^a   Lombardi, Alessandra ^a   De Vecchi, Elena ^a   Giuliani, Giuseppe ^a   Bartolone, Rosaria ^a   Gismondo, Maria Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10444277999     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-4-55     Document Type: Article

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