Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. Detecting adenoviruses;Keratoconjunctivitis epidemica. Nachweis von adenoviren

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 968-970

  Mielke, J ^a   Grub M ^a   Freudenthaler, N ^a   Deuter, C M E ^a   Beck, R ^a   Zierhut, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Objective: Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis; Polymerase chain reaction; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26444583262     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-005-1214-6     Document Type: Article

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