Duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for detection and quantification of herpes simplex virus type 1 and herpes simplex virus type 2 in genital and cutaneous lesions

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 331-336

  Filén, Finn ^a,c   Strand, Anders ^a   Allard, Annika ^b   Blomberg, Jonas ^a   Herrmann, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 2542506285     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200406000-00002     Document Type: Article

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