Acute Retinal Necrosis Six Years after Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: An Elusive Immune Deficit Suggested by Insufficient Test Sensitivity

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 250-255

  Preiser, W ^a,c   Doerr, H W ^a   Buxbaum, S ^a   Rabenau, H F ^a   Baatz, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Augenklinik am Rathauspark   (Germany)

^c Laboratory for Molecular Virology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti gG1 antibodies; Immunoblot; Neutralisation test; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Specific CD4 lymphocytes; Type specific antibody test

Indexed keywords

5 (2 BROMOVINYL) 2' DEOXYURIDINE; ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETINA NECROSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 2142709430     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20083     Document Type: Article

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