Prevalence of herpes simplex virus (Types 1 and 2), varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, and human herpesvirus 6 and 7 DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of middle eastern patients with encephalitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4172-4174

  Ibrahim, Ali I ^a   Obeid, Michel T ^a   Jouma, Muhidien J ^a   Roemer, Klaus ^b   Mueller Lantzsch, Nikolaus ^b   Gärtner, Barbara C ^b  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 23744509824     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4172-4174.2005     Document Type: Article

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