Evidence of human herpesvirus 6 infection in 4 immunocompetent patients with encephalitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 890-893

  Isaacson, Erin ^a   Glaser, Carol A ^a   Forghani, Bagher ^a   Amad, Zahwa ^a   Wallace, Mark ^b   Armstrong, Robert W ^c   Exner, Maurice M ^d   Schmid, Scott ^e  

^a VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Good Samaritan Hospital   (United States)

^d QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 14944383267     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427944     Document Type: Article

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