Detection, quantification and genotyping of Herpes Simplex Virus in cervicovaginal secretions by real-time PCR: A cross sectional survey

Virology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Aryee, Esther A N ^a   Bailey, Robin L ^a,b   Natividad Sancho, Angels ^b   Kaye, Steve ^a   Holland, Martin J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PRIMER DNA; SYBR GREEN I; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SECRETION; VIRUS DETECTION; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETIONS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BODILY SECRETIONS; CERVIX UTERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VAGINA; VAGINAL DOUCHING;

EID: 25644434754     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-2-61     Document Type: Article

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