Clinical utility of a nested nucleic acid amplification format in comparison to viral culture for the diagnosis of mucosal herpes simplex infection in a genitourinary medicine setting

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Coyle, Peter V ^a   O'Neill, Hugh J ^a   McCaughey, Conall ^a   Wyatt, Dorothy E ^a   McBride, Michael O ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HAPLORHINI; HERPES SIMPLEX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; HAPLORHINI; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 19044367155     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-1-11     Document Type: Article

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