Effect of prophylactic valacyclovir on the presence of human herpesvirus DNA in saliva of healthy individuals after dental treatment

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2173-2180

  Miller, Craig S ^a,b   Avdiushko, Sergei A ^a   Kryscio, Richard J ^a   Danaher, Robert J ^a   Jacob, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SCHOOL CHILD; TABLET; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SALIVA; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VALINE; VIRUS SHEDDING;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 18544372626     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2173-2180.2005     Document Type: Article

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