Rapid detection and identification of human adenovirus directly from conjunctival scrapings by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Saitoh, Waka ^a   Itoh, Noriko ^a   Isobe, Kazumi ^a   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a   Oshima, Akira ^a,b   Nagamoto, Yoko ^b   Nakajima, Haruhiko ^b   Hata, Keishi ^b   Ishiko, Hiroaki ^b   Aoki, Koki ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Aoki Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Conjunctival scrapings; Conjunctivitis; PCR RFLP analysis; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 13344283437     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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